ذو الفقار
See also: ذوالفقار
Arabic edit
Alternative forms edit
- ذُوٱلْفَقَار (ḏū-l-faqār) — misspelling
Etymology edit
From ذُو (ḏū, “possessor of, having”) + الـ (al-, “the”) + فَقَار (faqār, “vertebrae, spine”), variously interpreted as being a notched-sword, as “the spine-cleaver”, or as “the one having the ability to dice into pieces” like the segmentation of a vertebra.
Pronunciation edit
- (standard) IPA(key): /ðu‿l.fa.qaːr/
- (non-standard, but very common) IPA(key): /ðu‿l.fi.qaːr/
Audio (nonstandard pronunciation): (file)
Proper noun edit
ذُو الْفَقَار • (ḏū l-faqār) m
- (Islam) A famous mythical weapon of Ali ibn Abi Talib, previously belonging to Muhammad.
- a male given name enjoying greater popularity among Shi'a Muslims.
- a surname
Declension edit
Declension of noun ذُو الْفَقَار (ḏū l-faqār)
| Singular | singular long construct | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | ذُو الْفَقَار ḏū l-faqār |
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| Nominative | — | ذُو الْفَقَارِ ḏū l-faqāri |
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| Accusative | — | ذَا الْفَقَارِ ḏā l-faqāri |
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| Genitive | — | ذِي الْفَقَارِ ḏī l-faqāri |
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Descendants edit
- → English: Zulfikar, Zulfiqar (common romanizations)
- → Bengali: যুলফিকার (zulfiqar)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: ज़ुल्फ़िक़ार (zulfiqār)
- Urdu: ذوالفقار (zulfiqār)
- → Persian: ذوالفقار (zulfaqâr)
- → Turkish: Zülfikar
References edit
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “فقر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2425-2427