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نقبة

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Arabic

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Root
ن ق ب (n q b)
10 terms

Noun

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نُقْبَة (nuqbaf (plural نُقَب (nuqab))

  1. a kind of garment for the legs without legs, kilt

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نِقْبَة (niqbaf

  1. mode of covering the face

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Noun

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نَقْبَة or نُقْبَة (naqba or nuqbaf (plural نَقْبَات (naqbāt) or نُقْبَات (nuqbāt) or نِقَاب (niqāb) or نُقُب (nuqub))

  1. breach, fissure, aperture, small نَقْب (naqb) (also (figurative))
    • 2018 July 6, “رئيس الجمهورية يزور مدينة “عرتا” الجيبوتية [The President of the Republic visits the town of ʿartā of Djibouti]”, in وكالة الأنباء الوطنية الصومالية [Somali National News Agency]‎[1], archived from the original on 2019-01-27:
      لمدينة عرتا لها ذاكرة في قلوب الصوماليين، حيث إحتضنت نقبة كبيرة من المجتمع الصومالي، وأنها أصبحت رمزا للكرم والسخاء.
      li-madīnati ʕartā la-hā ḏākiratun fī qulūbi ṣ-ṣūmāliyyīna, ḥayṯu ḥtaḍanat naqbatan kabīratan mina l-mujtamaʕi ṣ-ṣūmāliyyi, wa-ʔanna-hā ʔaṣbaḥat ramzan li-l-karami wa-s-saḵāʔi.
      The town of ʿartā is of avid memory with the Somalis in that it embraced a large swathe of Somali society and became a symbol of openhandedness and generosity.

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