إستبرق
Arabic
Etymology
From Middle Persian stplk (/stabrag/, “shot silk”), from stpl (/stabr/, “strong”); compare Classical Persian ستبر (sitabr, “strong, thick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔis.tab.raq/
Noun
إِسْتَبْرَق • (ʾistabraq) m
- silk brocade
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 44:53:
- يَلْبَسُونَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ
- yalbasūna min sundusin wa-ʾistabraqin mutaqābilīna
- dressed in fine silk and rich brocade, facing one another.
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Declension
Declension of noun إِسْتَبْرَق (ʾistabraq)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | إِسْتَبْرَق ʾistabraq | الْإِسْتَبْرَق al-ʾistabraq | إِسْتَبْرَق ʾistabraq |
| Nominative | إِسْتَبْرَقٌ ʾistabraqun | الْإِسْتَبْرَقُ al-ʾistabraqu | إِسْتَبْرَقُ ʾistabraqu |
| Accusative | إِسْتَبْرَقًا ʾistabraqan | الْإِسْتَبْرَقَ al-ʾistabraqa | إِسْتَبْرَقَ ʾistabraqa |
| Genitive | إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ʾistabraqin | الْإِسْتَبْرَقِ al-ʾistabraqi | إِسْتَبْرَقِ ʾistabraqi |
References
- Cheung, Johnny (2017) On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qurʾānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic, Leiden: Leiden University
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 58–60
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “إستبرق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate