نطاق

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ن ط ق (n-ṭ-q)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

نِطَاق (niṭāqm (plural نُطُق (nuṭuq) or نِطَاقَات (niṭāqāt))

  1. range, extent, scope
  2. garrison belt
  3. limit, boundary
  4. girth, girdle, belt
    • a. 584, ʿAmr ibn Kult̠ūm, his Muʿallaqa, a well-known work[1]:
      عَلَيْنَا البَيْضُ وَٱليَلَبُ ٱليَمَانِي
      وَأَسْيَافٌ يَقُمْنَ وَيَنْحَنِيْنَا
      عَلَيْنَا كُلُّ سَابِغَةٍ دِلَاصٍ
      تَرَى فَوْقَ ٱلنِّطَاقِ لَهَا غُضُوْنَا
      ʕalaynā l-bayḍu wal-yalabu l-yamānī
      waʔasyāfun yaqumna wayanḥaniynā
      ʕalaynā kullu sābiḡatin dilāṣin
      tarā fawqa n-niṭāqi lahā ḡuḍuwnā
      We are armed with bright sabres, and clad in habergeons
      Our scimitars are part straight, part bent.
      We have coats of mail that glitter like lightning,
      the plaits of which are seen in wrinkles above our belts.
  5. circle, ring, enclosure
  6. (taxonomy) domain

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