Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root غ ل ق (ḡ-l-q), possibly formed after the model of إِقْلِيد (ʔiqlīd).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

إِغْلِيق (ʔiḡlīqm (plural أَغَالِيق (ʔaḡālīq))

  1. (obsolete) key
    Synonym: مِفْتَاح (miftāḥ)
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 64:86:
      فَدَخَلْتُ فَكَمَنْتُ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ النَّاسُ أَغْلَقَ الْبَابَ، ثُمَّ عَلَّقَ الأَغَالِيقَ عَلَى وَتَدٍ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى الأَقَالِيدِ، فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَفَتَحْتُ الْبَابَ.
      fadaḵaltu fakamantu, falammā daḵala n-nāsu ʔaḡlaqa l-bāba, ṯumma ʕallaqa l-ʔaḡālīqa ʕalā watadin qāla faqumtu ʔilā l-ʔaqālīdi, faʔaḵaḏtuhā fafataḥtu l-bāba.
      So I went in [the castle] and hid myself. When the people got inside, [the gate-keeper] closed the gate and hung the keys on a fixed wooden peg. I got up and took the keys and opened the gate.

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