نقاش

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See also: نقاس, and نفاس

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ن ق ش (n q š)
8 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نِقَاش (niqāšm (plural نِقَاشَات (niqāšāt))

  1. verbal noun of نَاقَشَ (nāqaša) (form III)
  2. discussion
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Etymology 2

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Occupational noun from the root ن ق ش (n-q-š).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نَقَّاش (naqqāšm (plural نَقَّاشُون (naqqāšūn), feminine نَقَّاشَة (naqqāša))

  1. engraver, inscriber, embosser
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Proper noun

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نَقَّاش (naqqāš?

  1. a surname

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic نَقَّاش (naqqāš).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? naqqāš
Dari reading? naqqāš
Iranian reading? nağğâš
Tajik reading? naqqoš

Noun

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Dari نقاش
Iranian Persian
Tajik наққош

نقاش (naqqâš)

  1. painter
    Synonym: نقشبند (naqšband)
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume I, verse 3035:
      نقش با نقاش چه سگالد دگر / چون سگالش اوش بخشید و خبر
      naqš bâ naqâš či sigâlad digar / čôn sigâl-aš ô-š baxšid u xabar
      What else (but good) should the picture think of the painter, since he bestowed thought and knowledge upon it?

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic نَقَّاش (naqqāš).

Noun

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نقاش (naqqāśm (Hindi spelling नक़्क़ाश)

  1. painter
  2. drawer
  3. engraver
  4. sculptor
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