لقب

See also: لقت and لفت

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ل ق ب (l-q-b)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.qab/

Noun

لَقَب • (laqab) m (plural أَلْقَاب (ʔalqāb))

  1. nickname
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:11:
      [] وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِٱلْأَلْقَابِ []
      [] wa-lā talmizū ʔanfusakum wa-lā tanābazū bi-l-ʔalqābi []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. title
  3. surname
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: laqam
  • Ottoman Turkish: لقب (laḳab)
    > Turkish: lakap (inherited)
  • Persian: لقب (laqab)
  • Swahili: lakabu
  • Uyghur: لەقەم (leqem)
  • Uzbek: laqab
References

Etymology 2

Denominal verb derived from the noun لَقَب (laqab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laq.qab/

Verb

لَقَّبَ • (laqqaba) II, non-past يُلَقِّبُ‎ (yulaqqibu)

  1. to nickname, to title, to surname
Conjugation
References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَقَب (laqab).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? laqaḇ
Dari reading? laqab
Iranian reading? lağab
Tajik reading? laqab

Noun

لقب • (laqab)

  1. title
  2. nickname

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ل ق ب
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic لَقَّبَ (laqqaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /laʔ.ʔab/, [ˈlaʔ.ʔab]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /laɡ.ɡab/, [ˈlaɡ.ɡab]
  • (file)

Verb

لقّب • (laʔʔab) II (present بلقّب (bilaʔʔeb))

  1. to nickname
    Synonym: سمّى (samma)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of لقّب (laʔʔab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لقّبت (laʔʔabt) لقّبت (laʔʔabt) لقّب (laʔʔab) لقّبنا (laʔʔabna) لقّبتو (laʔʔabtu) لقّبو (laʔʔabu)
f لقّبتي (laʔʔabti) لقّبت (laʔʔabat)
present m بلقّب (balaʔʔeb) بتلقّب (bitlaʔʔeb) بلقّب (bilaʔʔeb) منلقّب (minlaʔʔeb) بتلقّبو (bitlaʔʔbu) بلقّبو (bilaʔʔbu)
f بتلقّبي (bitlaʔʔbi) بتلقّب (bitlaʔʔeb)
subjunctive m القّب (alaʔʔeb) تلقّب (tlaʔʔeb) يلقّب (ylaʔʔeb) نلقّب (nlaʔʔeb) تلقّبو (tlaʔʔbu) يلقّبو (ylaʔʔbu)
f تلقّبي (tlaʔʔbi) تلقّب (tlaʔʔeb)
imperative m لقّب (laʔʔeb) لقّبو (laʔʔbu)
f لقّبي (laʔʔbi)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Arabic لَقَب (laqab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.qab/, [ˈlɑ.qɑb]
  • (file)

Noun

لقب • (laqab) m (plural ألقاب (ʔalqāb))

  1. title
  2. nickname

Tunisian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَقَب (laqab) ("nickname, title, surname").

Noun

لقب (laqab) m

  1. surname, family name, last name

Usage notes

In Tunisia, it was common for individuals to use their father's first name as their surname, rather than a traditional family name.

References

Urdu

Pronunciation

Noun

لَقَب • (laqab) m (Hindi spelling लक़ब)

  1. title, appellation, epithet
  2. surname
  3. nickname
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