لقب

See also: لقت and لفت

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ل ق ب (l q b)
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.qab/

Noun

لَقَب • (laqab) m (plural أَلْقَاب (ʔalqāb))

1. nickname
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:11:

     […] وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِٱلْأَلْقَابِ […]

     […] wa-lā talmizū ʔanfusakum wa-lā tanābazū bi-l-ʔalqābi […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. title
3. surname

Declension

Declension of noun لَقَب (laqab)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لَقَب laqab	اللَّقَب al-laqab	لَقَب laqab
nominative	لَقَبٌ laqabun	اللَّقَبُ al-laqabu	لَقَبُ laqabu
accusative	لَقَبًا laqaban	اللَّقَبَ al-laqaba	لَقَبَ laqaba
genitive	لَقَبٍ laqabin	اللَّقَبِ al-laqabi	لَقَبِ laqabi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لَقَبَيْن laqabayn	اللَّقَبَيْن al-laqabayn	لَقَبَيْ laqabay
nominative	لَقَبَانِ laqabāni	اللَّقَبَانِ al-laqabāni	لَقَبَا laqabā
accusative	لَقَبَيْنِ laqabayni	اللَّقَبَيْنِ al-laqabayni	لَقَبَيْ laqabay
genitive	لَقَبَيْنِ laqabayni	اللَّقَبَيْنِ al-laqabayni	لَقَبَيْ laqabay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَلْقَاب ʔalqāb	الْأَلْقَاب al-ʔalqāb	أَلْقَاب ʔalqāb
nominative	أَلْقَابٌ ʔalqābun	الْأَلْقَابُ al-ʔalqābu	أَلْقَابُ ʔalqābu
accusative	أَلْقَابًا ʔalqāban	الْأَلْقَابَ al-ʔalqāba	أَلْقَابَ ʔalqāba
genitive	أَلْقَابٍ ʔalqābin	الْأَلْقَابِ al-ʔalqābi	أَلْقَابِ ʔalqābi

Descendants

• Maltese: laqam
• → Chagatai: لقب (lqb /⁠läqäb⁠/)
  • Uyghur: لەقەم (leqem)
  • Uzbek: laqab, laqam
• → Ottoman Turkish: لقب (lakab), լագապ (lakab), լաղապ (lağab) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: lakap
  • → Albanian: llagap
  • → Middle Armenian: լաղապ (laġap)
    • Armenian: լաղապ (laġap)
• → Persian: لقب (laqab)
• → Swahili: lakabu
• → Turkmen: lakam

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “لقب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “لقب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Denominal verb derived from the noun لَقَب (laqab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laq.qab/

Verb

لَقَّبَ • (laqqaba) II (non-past يُلَقِّبُ (yulaqqibu), verbal noun تَلْقِيب (talqīb))

1. to nickname, to title, to surname

Conjugation

Conjugation of لَقَّبَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَلْقِيب)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَلْقِيب talqīb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُلَقِّب mulaqqib
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُلَقَّب mulaqqab
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	لَقَّبْتُ laqqabtu	لَقَّبْتَ laqqabta	لَقَّبَ laqqaba		لَقَّبْتُمَا laqqabtumā	لَقَّبَا laqqabā		لَقَّبْنَا laqqabnā	لَقَّبْتُمْ laqqabtum	لَقَّبُوا laqqabū
	f		لَقَّبْتِ laqqabti	لَقَّبَتْ laqqabat			لَقَّبَتَا laqqabatā			لَقَّبْتُنَّ laqqabtunna	لَقَّبْنَ laqqabna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُلَقِّبُ ʔulaqqibu	تُلَقِّبُ tulaqqibu	يُلَقِّبُ yulaqqibu		تُلَقِّبَانِ tulaqqibāni	يُلَقِّبَانِ yulaqqibāni		نُلَقِّبُ nulaqqibu	تُلَقِّبُونَ tulaqqibūna	يُلَقِّبُونَ yulaqqibūna
	f		تُلَقِّبِينَ tulaqqibīna	تُلَقِّبُ tulaqqibu			تُلَقِّبَانِ tulaqqibāni			تُلَقِّبْنَ tulaqqibna	يُلَقِّبْنَ yulaqqibna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُلَقِّبَ ʔulaqqiba	تُلَقِّبَ tulaqqiba	يُلَقِّبَ yulaqqiba		تُلَقِّبَا tulaqqibā	يُلَقِّبَا yulaqqibā		نُلَقِّبَ nulaqqiba	تُلَقِّبُوا tulaqqibū	يُلَقِّبُوا yulaqqibū
	f		تُلَقِّبِي tulaqqibī	تُلَقِّبَ tulaqqiba			تُلَقِّبَا tulaqqibā			تُلَقِّبْنَ tulaqqibna	يُلَقِّبْنَ yulaqqibna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُلَقِّبْ ʔulaqqib	تُلَقِّبْ tulaqqib	يُلَقِّبْ yulaqqib		تُلَقِّبَا tulaqqibā	يُلَقِّبَا yulaqqibā		نُلَقِّبْ nulaqqib	تُلَقِّبُوا tulaqqibū	يُلَقِّبُوا yulaqqibū
	f		تُلَقِّبِي tulaqqibī	تُلَقِّبْ tulaqqib			تُلَقِّبَا tulaqqibā			تُلَقِّبْنَ tulaqqibna	يُلَقِّبْنَ yulaqqibna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		لَقِّبْ laqqib			لَقِّبَا laqqibā				لَقِّبُوا laqqibū
	f		لَقِّبِي laqqibī							لَقِّبْنَ laqqibna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	لُقِّبْتُ luqqibtu	لُقِّبْتَ luqqibta	لُقِّبَ luqqiba		لُقِّبْتُمَا luqqibtumā	لُقِّبَا luqqibā		لُقِّبْنَا luqqibnā	لُقِّبْتُمْ luqqibtum	لُقِّبُوا luqqibū
	f		لُقِّبْتِ luqqibti	لُقِّبَتْ luqqibat			لُقِّبَتَا luqqibatā			لُقِّبْتُنَّ luqqibtunna	لُقِّبْنَ luqqibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُلَقَّبُ ʔulaqqabu	تُلَقَّبُ tulaqqabu	يُلَقَّبُ yulaqqabu		تُلَقَّبَانِ tulaqqabāni	يُلَقَّبَانِ yulaqqabāni		نُلَقَّبُ nulaqqabu	تُلَقَّبُونَ tulaqqabūna	يُلَقَّبُونَ yulaqqabūna
	f		تُلَقَّبِينَ tulaqqabīna	تُلَقَّبُ tulaqqabu			تُلَقَّبَانِ tulaqqabāni			تُلَقَّبْنَ tulaqqabna	يُلَقَّبْنَ yulaqqabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُلَقَّبَ ʔulaqqaba	تُلَقَّبَ tulaqqaba	يُلَقَّبَ yulaqqaba		تُلَقَّبَا tulaqqabā	يُلَقَّبَا yulaqqabā		نُلَقَّبَ nulaqqaba	تُلَقَّبُوا tulaqqabū	يُلَقَّبُوا yulaqqabū
	f		تُلَقَّبِي tulaqqabī	تُلَقَّبَ tulaqqaba			تُلَقَّبَا tulaqqabā			تُلَقَّبْنَ tulaqqabna	يُلَقَّبْنَ yulaqqabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُلَقَّبْ ʔulaqqab	تُلَقَّبْ tulaqqab	يُلَقَّبْ yulaqqab		تُلَقَّبَا tulaqqabā	يُلَقَّبَا yulaqqabā		نُلَقَّبْ nulaqqab	تُلَقَّبُوا tulaqqabū	يُلَقَّبُوا yulaqqabū
	f		تُلَقَّبِي tulaqqabī	تُلَقَّبْ tulaqqab			تُلَقَّبَا tulaqqabā			تُلَقَّبْنَ tulaqqabna	يُلَقَّبْنَ yulaqqabna

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “لقب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “لقب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• լագապ (lakab), լաղապ (lağab) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَقَب (laqab, “surname, nickname”).

Noun

لقب • (lakab) (definite accusative لقبی (lakabı), plural القاب (elkab))

1. title, style, an appellation given to a person to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, or qualification

   Synonym: عنوان (ʼunvan)

2. surname, family name, last name, cognomen, a name designating a person as a member of a specific family

   Near-synonym: كنیه (kinye, künye)

3. nickname, moniker, sobriquet, byname, an invented name for a person used instead of the actual name

Derived terms

• لقب قومق (lakab komak, “to set a nickname to a person”)

Descendants

• Turkish: lakap
• → Albanian: llagap
• → Middle Armenian: լաղապ (laġap)
  • Armenian: լաղապ (laġap)

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “lakap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2931
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “lâkab”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 646
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “لقب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[4] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1080
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Cognomen”, 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^[5], Vienna, column 198
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “لقب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[6], Vienna, column 4189
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “lakap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “لقب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1637

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَقَب (laqab).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /la.ˈqab/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.qáb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.qáb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lä.qáb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lä.qáb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [læ.ʁǽb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.qáb]

• Rhymes: -ab

Readings
Classical reading?	laqab
Dari reading?	laqab
Iranian reading?	laġab
Tajik reading?	laqab

Noun

لقب • (laqab / laġab) (Tajik spelling лақаб)

1. title
2. nickname

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “لقب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ل ق ب
1 term

Etymology 1

Inherited from Arabic لَقَّبَ (laqqaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /laʔ.ʔab/, [ˈlaʔ.ʔab]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /laɡ.ɡab/, [ˈlaɡ.ɡab]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Verb

لقّب • (laʔʔab) II (present بلقّب (bilaʔʔeb))

1. to nickname

   Synonym: سمّى (samma)

Conjugation

Conjugation of لقب

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	لقّبت (laʔʔabt)	لقّبت (laʔʔabt)	لقّب (laʔʔab)		لقّبنا (laʔʔabna)	لقّبتو (laʔʔabtu)	لقّبو (laʔʔabu)
	f		لقّبتي (laʔʔabti)	لقّبت (laʔʔabat)
present	m	بلقّب (balaʔʔib)	بتلقّب (bitlaʔʔib)	بلقّب (bilaʔʔib)		منلقّب (minlaʔʔib)	بتلقّبو (bitlaʔʔbu)	بلقّبو (bilaʔʔbu)
	f		بتلقّبي (bitlaʔʔbi)	بتلقّب (bitlaʔʔib)
subjunctive	m	القّب (alaʔʔib)	تلقّب (tlaʔʔib)	يلقّب (ylaʔʔib)		نلقّب (nlaʔʔib)	تلقّبو (tlaʔʔbu)	يلقّبو (ylaʔʔbu)
	f		تلقّبي (tlaʔʔbi)	تلقّب (tlaʔʔib)
imperative	m		لقّب (laʔʔib)				لقّبو (laʔʔbu)
	f		لقّبي (laʔʔbi)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Arabic لَقَب (laqab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.qab/, [ˈlɑ.qɑb]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

لقب • (laqab) m (plural ألقاب (ʔalqāb))

1. title
2. nickname

Tunisian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَقَب (laqab) ("nickname, title, surname").

Noun

لقب (laqab) m

1. surname, family name, last name

Usage notes

In Tunisia, it was common for individuals to use their father's first name as their surname, rather than a traditional family name.

References

• Derja.ninja – Tunisian Arabic to English dictionary.

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lə.qəb/
• Rhymes: -əb

Noun

لَقَب • (laqab) m (Hindi spelling लक़ब)

1. title, appellation, epithet
2. surname
3. nickname