إستبرق

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian stplk (/⁠stabrag⁠/, “shot silk”), from stpl (/⁠stabr⁠/, “strong”); compare Classical Persian ستبر (sitabr, “strong, thick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔis.tab.raq/

Noun

إِسْتَبْرَق • (ʔistabraq) m

1. silk brocade
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 44:53:

     يَلْبَسُونَ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُتَقَابِلِينَ

     yalbasūna min sundusin wa-ʔistabraqin mutaqābilīna

     dressed in fine silk and rich brocade, facing one another.

Declension

Declension of noun إِسْتَبْرَق (ʔistabraq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِسْتَبْرَق ʔistabraq	الْإِسْتَبْرَق al-ʔistabraq	إِسْتَبْرَق ʔistabraq
Nominative	إِسْتَبْرَقٌ ʔistabraqun	الْإِسْتَبْرَقُ al-ʔistabraqu	إِسْتَبْرَقُ ʔistabraqu
Accusative	إِسْتَبْرَقًا ʔistabraqan	الْإِسْتَبْرَقَ al-ʔistabraqa	إِسْتَبْرَقَ ʔistabraqa
Genitive	إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ʔistabraqin	الْإِسْتَبْرَقِ al-ʔistabraqi	إِسْتَبْرَقِ ʔistabraqi

References

• Cheung, Johnny (2017) On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qurʾānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic‎^[1], Leiden: Leiden University
• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 58–60
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “إستبرق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate