ابو دقيق
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
From the Arabic word دَقِيق (daqīq, “flour”) + أَبُو (ʾabū, “father of" or "possessor of”) meaning "father or possessor of flour".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔæboˈdeʔiːʔ]
Noun
ابو دقيق • (ʾabu diʾīʾ) m (no plural)
- butterfly
Synonyms
- فراشة
References
- Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
- Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.
- Lane, Edward William (1863). An Arabic - English Lexicon derived from the best and the most copious eastern sources London: Williams and Northgate.