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ه ف ت ق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the concept of a week, likely a loanword from Persian. It is used to denote a specific period of seven days.

Derived headwords

الهفتقnoun
  1. 1.
    weekclassical

    A period of seven days. This word is considered a loanword from Persian, meaning 'week'.

أسبوعnoun
  1. 1.
    weekboth

    A period of seven days. This is the standard modern Arabic term for a week.

Parallel reading

الهفتق كجعفر، أهمله الجوهري وهو الأسبوع فارسي معرب هفته
Al-haftaq, like Ja'far, was neglected by Al-Jawhari, and it is the week, a Persian loanword from 'hafta'.
قال رؤبة: كأن لعابين زادوا هفتقا رنتهم في لج ليل سردقا
Ru'bah said: 'As if two players added a week to their ringing in the depth of a dark night.'
ويقال: أقاموا هفتقا، أي: أسبوعا.
And it is said: 'They stayed for a haftaq, meaning, a week.'