شفقة

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Verbal noun of شَفَقَ (šafaqa, to feel compassion with, to have mercy upon), from the root ش ف ق (š-f-q).

Noun[edit]

شَفَقَة (šafaqaf

  1. verbal noun of شَفَقَ (šafaqa, to feel compassion with, to have mercy upon) (form I)
  2. pity
  3. compassion, solicitude
  4. fond attachment

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Iraqi Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاپقه (şapka), from Russian ша́пка (šápka), from Old French chape, from Latin cappa, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *káput-.

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Noun[edit]

شفقة (šafqaf

  1. hat