رقاص

Arabic

Root
ر ق ص (r q ṣ)
6 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raq.qaːsˤ/

Noun

رَقَّاص • (raqqāṣ) m (plural رَقَّاصُون (raqqāṣūn), feminine رَقَّاصَة (raqqāṣa))

1. dancer

Declension

Declension of noun رَقَّاص (raqqāṣ)

singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَقَّاص raqqāṣ	الرَّقَّاص ar-raqqāṣ	رَقَّاص raqqāṣ	رَقَّاصَة raqqāṣa	الرَّقَّاصَة ar-raqqāṣa	رَقَّاصَة raqqāṣat
nominative	رَقَّاصٌ raqqāṣun	الرَّقَّاصُ ar-raqqāṣu	رَقَّاصُ raqqāṣu	رَقَّاصَةٌ raqqāṣatun	الرَّقَّاصَةُ ar-raqqāṣatu	رَقَّاصَةُ raqqāṣatu
accusative	رَقَّاصًا raqqāṣan	الرَّقَّاصَ ar-raqqāṣa	رَقَّاصَ raqqāṣa	رَقَّاصَةً raqqāṣatan	الرَّقَّاصَةَ ar-raqqāṣata	رَقَّاصَةَ raqqāṣata
genitive	رَقَّاصٍ raqqāṣin	الرَّقَّاصِ ar-raqqāṣi	رَقَّاصِ raqqāṣi	رَقَّاصَةٍ raqqāṣatin	الرَّقَّاصَةِ ar-raqqāṣati	رَقَّاصَةِ raqqāṣati
dual	masculine			feminine
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَقَّاصَيْن raqqāṣayn	الرَّقَّاصَيْن ar-raqqāṣayn	رَقَّاصَيْ raqqāṣay	رَقَّاصَتَيْن raqqāṣatayn	الرَّقَّاصَتَيْن ar-raqqāṣatayn	رَقَّاصَتَيْ raqqāṣatay
nominative	رَقَّاصَانِ raqqāṣāni	الرَّقَّاصَانِ ar-raqqāṣāni	رَقَّاصَا raqqāṣā	رَقَّاصَتَانِ raqqāṣatāni	الرَّقَّاصَتَانِ ar-raqqāṣatāni	رَقَّاصَتَا raqqāṣatā
accusative	رَقَّاصَيْنِ raqqāṣayni	الرَّقَّاصَيْنِ ar-raqqāṣayni	رَقَّاصَيْ raqqāṣay	رَقَّاصَتَيْنِ raqqāṣatayni	الرَّقَّاصَتَيْنِ ar-raqqāṣatayni	رَقَّاصَتَيْ raqqāṣatay
genitive	رَقَّاصَيْنِ raqqāṣayni	الرَّقَّاصَيْنِ ar-raqqāṣayni	رَقَّاصَيْ raqqāṣay	رَقَّاصَتَيْنِ raqqāṣatayni	الرَّقَّاصَتَيْنِ ar-raqqāṣatayni	رَقَّاصَتَيْ raqqāṣatay
plural	masculine			feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَقَّاصِين raqqāṣīn	الرَّقَّاصِين ar-raqqāṣīn	رَقَّاصِي raqqāṣī	رَقَّاصَات raqqāṣāt	الرَّقَّاصَات ar-raqqāṣāt	رَقَّاصَات raqqāṣāt
nominative	رَقَّاصُونَ raqqāṣūna	الرَّقَّاصُونَ ar-raqqāṣūna	رَقَّاصُو raqqāṣū	رَقَّاصَاتٌ raqqāṣātun	الرَّقَّاصَاتُ ar-raqqāṣātu	رَقَّاصَاتُ raqqāṣātu
accusative	رَقَّاصِينَ raqqāṣīna	الرَّقَّاصِينَ ar-raqqāṣīna	رَقَّاصِي raqqāṣī	رَقَّاصَاتٍ raqqāṣātin	الرَّقَّاصَاتِ ar-raqqāṣāti	رَقَّاصَاتِ raqqāṣāti
genitive	رَقَّاصِينَ raqqāṣīna	الرَّقَّاصِينَ ar-raqqāṣīna	رَقَّاصِي raqqāṣī	رَقَّاصَاتٍ raqqāṣātin	الرَّقَّاصَاتِ ar-raqqāṣāti	رَقَّاصَاتِ raqqāṣāti

Noun

رَقَّاص • (raqqāṣ) m (plural رَقَاقِيص (raqāqīṣ))

1. pendulum

Declension

Declension of noun رَقَّاص (raqqāṣ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَقَّاص raqqāṣ	الرَّقَّاص ar-raqqāṣ	رَقَّاص raqqāṣ
nominative	رَقَّاصٌ raqqāṣun	الرَّقَّاصُ ar-raqqāṣu	رَقَّاصُ raqqāṣu
accusative	رَقَّاصًا raqqāṣan	الرَّقَّاصَ ar-raqqāṣa	رَقَّاصَ raqqāṣa
genitive	رَقَّاصٍ raqqāṣin	الرَّقَّاصِ ar-raqqāṣi	رَقَّاصِ raqqāṣi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَقَّاصَيْن raqqāṣayn	الرَّقَّاصَيْن ar-raqqāṣayn	رَقَّاصَيْ raqqāṣay
nominative	رَقَّاصَانِ raqqāṣāni	الرَّقَّاصَانِ ar-raqqāṣāni	رَقَّاصَا raqqāṣā
accusative	رَقَّاصَيْنِ raqqāṣayni	الرَّقَّاصَيْنِ ar-raqqāṣayni	رَقَّاصَيْ raqqāṣay
genitive	رَقَّاصَيْنِ raqqāṣayni	الرَّقَّاصَيْنِ ar-raqqāṣayni	رَقَّاصَيْ raqqāṣay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَقَاقِيص raqāqīṣ	الرَّقَاقِيص ar-raqāqīṣ	رَقَاقِيص raqāqīṣ
nominative	رَقَاقِيصُ raqāqīṣu	الرَّقَاقِيصُ ar-raqāqīṣu	رَقَاقِيصُ raqāqīṣu
accusative	رَقَاقِيصَ raqāqīṣa	الرَّقَاقِيصَ ar-raqāqīṣa	رَقَاقِيصَ raqāqīṣa
genitive	رَقَاقِيصَ raqāqīṣa	الرَّقَاقِيصِ ar-raqāqīṣi	رَقَاقِيصِ raqāqīṣi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: rəqqas
• → Chagatai: رقاص (rqāṣ)
  • Uyghur: رەققاس (reqqas)
  • Uzbek: raqqos
• → Ottoman Turkish: رقاص (rakkas)
  • Turkish: rakkas
• → Persian: رقاص (raqqâs)

Further reading

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “رقاص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

رقاص

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَقَّاص (raqqāṣ, “dancer; pendulum”).

Noun

رقاص • (rakkas) (feminine رقاصه (rakkase), definite accusative رقاصی (rakkası), plural رقاصلر (rakkaslar))

1. dancer, stepper, a person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession

   Synonyms: دانسور (dansör), كوچك (köçek)

2. pendulum, a body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth

Derived terms

• رقاص چرخی (rakkas çarhı, “balance wheel”)
• ساعت رقاصی (saʼat rakkası, “pendulum of a clock”)

Descendants

• Turkish: rakkas

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “رقاص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 22
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “rakkas”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3935
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “rakkas”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1050
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “رقاص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 626
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Saltator”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1504
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “رقاص”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2346
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “rakkas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “رقاص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 982

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَقَّاص (raqqāṣ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /raq.ˈqaːs/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räq.qɑ́ːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räq.qɑ́ːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [räq.qɑ́ːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [räq.qɔ́ːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæʁ.ɢɒ́ːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾäq.qɔ́s]

• Rhymes: -aːs

Readings
Classical reading?	raqqās
Dari reading?	raqqās
Iranian reading?	raġġâs
Tajik reading?	raqqos

Noun

رقاص • (raqqâs)

1. erotic dancer
2. (dated) dancer (in general)

Usage notes

• This word now has negative connotations.

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “رقاص”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim