نيفق

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian, equivalent to Classical Persian نیفه (nēfa) and cognate with Central Kurdish نێفەک (nêfek).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نَيْفَق (nayfaqm (plural نَيَافِق (nayāfiq)) (obsolete)

  1. the top middle area of a pair of trousers or drawers where a cord goes through to support the two legs, waistband or a certain part thereof
    Synonym: تِكَّة (tikka)
    • 1908 May 1, “المسلمون والذميون والمعاهدون”, in مجلة المقتبس [Al-Muqtabas], number 28:
      فَأَخَذَ يُحَادِثُهُ وَيَعْبَثُ بِذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَتْقِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ حَدَّ ٱلْنَيْفَقِ (وَهُوَ ٱلْمَوْضِعُ ٱلْمُتَّسِعُ فِي ٱلسَّرَاوِيلِ وَٱلْقَمِيصِ)
      faʔaḵaḏa yuḥādiṯuhu wayaʕbaṯu biḏālika l-fatqi ḥattā balaḡa ḥadda l-nayfaqi (wahuwa l-mawḍiʕu l-muttasiʕu fī s-sarāwīli wal-qamīṣi)
      And he [the physician] began to chat with him and diddle at his hernia until he reached the waistband (and this is the broad area between trowsers and the chemise)

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References

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  • Kremer, Alfred von (1884) Beiträge zur arabischen Lexikographie. II[1] (in German), Wien: In Commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, page 62