طبقة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط ب ق‎ (ṭ-b-q).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤa.ba.qa/

Noun

طَبَقَة • (ṭabaqa) f (plural طَبَقَات‎ (ṭabaqāt) or طِبَاق‎ (ṭibāq))

  1. layer; stratum; level
  2. caste; class
  3. storey; floor; level
    Synonyms: طَابِق‎ (ṭābiq), طَابَق‎ (ṭābaq), دَوْر‎ (dawr)

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: təbəqə
  • → Catalan: tàvega
  • → Ottoman Turkish: تبقه‎
  • → Persian: طبقه‎ (tabaqe)
  • → Sicilian: tavacca
  • → Swahili: tabaka

References

  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 205
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “طبق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 46

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ط ب ق‎
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic طَبَقَة‎ (ṭabaqa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤab.qa/

Noun

طبقة • (ṭabqa) f (plural طبقات‎ (ṭabqāt))

  1. storey; floor; level
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