نقرة

See also: نقره‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ق ر‎ (n-q-r).

Noun

نَقْرَة • (naqra) f (plural نَقَرَات‎ (naqarāt))

  1. instance noun of نَقَرَ‎ (naqara)

Declension

Noun

نُقْرَة • (nuqra) f (plural نُقَر‎ (nuqar) or نِقَار‎ (niqār))

  1. cavity, cleft, socket
  2. (archaic) concentration of silver, high-quality silver
  3. hollow of the backneck, condyloid fossa

Declension

Descendants

  • → Medieval Latin: nucha, nucra, nocra
    • → Catalan: nuca
    • → Middle English: nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka
    • → Old French: nuche
    • → Italian: nuca
    • → Portuguese: nuca
    • → Spanish: nuca
  • → Middle Armenian: նուկրայ (nukray)
  • → Persian: نقره‎ (noqre, “silver”)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܢܘܽܩܪܐ‎ (nuqra, “hole; silver”)

Noun

نِقْرَة • (niqra) f

  1. quarrel, strife, hassle

Declension

Further reading

  • Hyrtl, Joseph (1879) Das Arabische und Hebräische in der Anatomie‎ (in German), Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, pages 188–193
  • Gharib, B. (1995), “n'krtk-(w)”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 231

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
ن ق ر‎
1 term

From Arabic نُقْرَة‎ (nuqra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nuq.ra/

Noun

نقرة • (nuqra) f (usually uncountable)

  1. silver
    Synonym: فضة‎ (faḍḍa)
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