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بطق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a small piece of material, specifically a tag or label attached to clothing, often indicating its price. It also seems to have a connection to the act of attaching or securing something.

Derived headwords

البِطَاقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a small piece of paper placed in a garment with the price written on it, in the language of the people of Egyptboth

    a small piece of paper placed in a garment with the price written on it, in the language of the people of Egypt

بِطَاقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a fringe of the garmentboth

    a fringe of the garment

Parallel reading

البطاقة بالكسر: رقيعة توضع في الثوب فيها رقم الثمن بلغة أهل مصر.
Al-biṭāqah (with kasrah): a small piece of cloth placed on a garment containing the price number, in the language of the people of Egypt.
يقال سميت بذلك لأنها تشد بطاقة من هدب الثوب.
It is said that it was named this because it is attached to a strip (biṭāqah) of the garment's fringe.