إستبرق

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian stplk (/⁠stabrag⁠/, “shot silk”), from stpl (/⁠stabr⁠/, “strong”); compare Classical Persian ستبر (sitabr, “strong, thick”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔis.tab.raq/

Noun

إِسْتَبْرَق • (ʔistabraq) m

  1. silk brocade
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 44:53:
      يَلْبَسُونَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ
      yalbasūna min sundusin wa-ʔistabraqin mutaqābilīna
      dressed in fine silk and rich brocade, facing one another.

Declension
Declension of noun إِسْتَبْرَق (ʔistabraq)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِسْتَبْرَق
ʔistabraq		 الْإِسْتَبْرَق
al-ʔistabraq		 إِسْتَبْرَق
ʔistabraq
Nominative إِسْتَبْرَقٌ
ʔistabraqun		 الْإِسْتَبْرَقُ
al-ʔistabraqu		 إِسْتَبْرَقُ
ʔistabraqu
Accusative إِسْتَبْرَقًا
ʔistabraqan		 الْإِسْتَبْرَقَ
al-ʔistabraqa		 إِسْتَبْرَقَ
ʔistabraqa
Genitive إِسْتَبْرَقٍ
ʔistabraqin		 الْإِسْتَبْرَقِ
al-ʔistabraqi		 إِسْتَبْرَقِ
ʔistabraqi

References
  • Cheung, Johnny (2017) On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qurʾānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic‎, Leiden: Leiden University
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 58–60
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “إستبرق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
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