نقش

See also: ن ف س

Arabic

Root
ن ق ش (n-q-š)

Verb

نَقَشَ • (naqaša) I, non-past يَنْقُشُ‎ (yanqušu)

  1. to emboss
    1. to variegate, to give different colours, to decorate, to embellish
    2. to engrave, to carve, to inscribe, to scratch, to peck, vel sim.
  2. to extract, to draw out, to pull out
    Synonym: اِنْتَقَشَ (intaqaša)

Conjugation

Verb

نَقَّشَ • (naqqaša) II, non-past يُنَقِّشُ‎ (yunaqqišu)

  1. synonym of نَقَشَ (naqaša)

Conjugation

Noun

نَقْش • (naqš) m

  1. verbal noun of نَقَشَ (naqaša) (form I)

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: naxış
  • Georgian: ნახში (naxši), ნახჩი (naxči)
  • Middle Armenian: նախշ (naxš)
  • Northern Kurdish: neqş, nexş
  • Ottoman Turkish: نقش (nakş, nakış)
  • Persian: نقش (naqš)
  • Swahili: nakshi
  • Turkmen: nagyş
  • Uyghur: نەقىش (neqish)
  • Uzbek: naqsh

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَقْش (naqš, engraving, variegation).

Noun

نقش • (nakş or nakış)

  1. painting, an artwork done with the use of paint, especially on walls
    Synonym: رسم (resim)
  2. embroidery, the ornamentation of fabric using needlework

Derived terms

  • نقشباز (nakşbaz, finesser)
  • نقشبند (nakşbend, painter, designer)
  • نقشلمق (nakşlamak, to embroider)
  • نقشلو (nakşlı, ornamented with designs)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نَقْش (naqš).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? naqš
Dari reading? naqš
Iranian reading? nağš
Tajik reading? naqš

Noun

نقش • (naqš) (plural نقش‌ها (naqš-hâ) or نقوش (noquš))

  1. role; part
    نقش‌های جنسیتیnaqš-hâ-ye jensiyatigender roles
    نقش مهمیnaqš-e mohemmian important role
  2. role (of an actor)
    نقش او در این فیلمnaqš-e u dar in filmhis role in this film
  3. drawing; painting; image
    میدان نقش جهانmeydân-e naqš-e jahânNaqsh-e Jahan Square (literally, “Image of the World Square”)
  4. impression; trace
  5. design; plan
  6. (chiefly gambling) luck

Derived terms

  • بد نقش (bad naqš, unlucky)
  • خوش نقش (xoš naqš, lucky)
  • نقشه (naqše, map; plan)
  • نقش‌آب (naqš-âb, watermark)
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