Arabic edit

Root
ق ب ض (q-b-ḍ)

Etymology edit

Tool noun from the verb قَبَضَ (qabaḍa, to grasp).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

مَقْبَض or مَقْبِض or مِقْبَض (maqbaḍ or maqbiḍ or miqbaḍm (plural مَقَابِض (maqābiḍ))

  1. handle
  2. hilt
  3. handpiece
  4. occasion, opportunity

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