منقار

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Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the root ن ق ر (n-q-r).

Pronunciation

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Noun

مِنْقَار (minqārm (plural مَنَاقِير (manāqīr))

  1. beak, bill
  2. a kind of gardening instrument, hack
    • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 13, page 575:
      إن لم ينجع هذا قشق في أصلها تحت الأرض في ثلاثة مواضع منه بمنقار واضرب فيه دسائر من البقص أو من الجلنار أو من البرباريس
      If this does not succeed then reave the stem under the earth on three places with a hack and hit pegs of box, pomegranate or barberry into it.

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