ثقافة

Verbal noun of ثَقُفَ‎ (ṯaqufa, “to be skillful, to be smart”), from the root ث ق ف‎ (ṯ-q-f).

• IPA^(key): /θa.qaː.fa/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ta.qaː.fa/

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ثَقَافَة • (ṯaqāfa) f (plural ثَقَافَات‎ (ṯaqāfāt))

1. verbal noun of ثَقُفَ‎ (ṯaqufa) (form I)
2. sagacity, intelligence, wit, refinement, culture
3. culture (civilization)
4. education, literacy

• ثَقَافِيّ‎ (ṯaqāfiyy)

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ثقافة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ثقف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Learned borrowing from Arabic ثَقَافَة‎ (ṯaqāfa).

• IPA^(key): /θaˈɡaːfa/, [θaˈqaːfa] (spelling pronunciation) ([q] pronunciation)
  • IPA^(key): /saˈɡaːfa/ (rare pronunciation)

ثقافة • (ṯaɡāfa) f (plural ثقافات‎ (ṯaɡāfāt))

1. culture (civilization)
2. culture (education)

Learned borrowing from Arabic ثَقَافَة‎ (ṯaqāfa).

• IPA^(key): /sa.qaː.fe/, [saˈqɑː.fe]
• IPA^(key): /sa.qaː.fa/, [saˈqɑː.fa]

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ثقافة • (saqāfe) f

1. culture (civilization)
2. education, literacy