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Etymology 1

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Root
ش ق ق (š-q-q)

Noun

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شِقْشِقَة (šiqšiqaf (plural شَقَاشِق (šaqāšiq) or شِقْشِقَات (šiqšiqāt))

  1. a substance that comes out of a camel's mouth when excited
    • 10th century CE, al-Sharif al-Radi, “Sermon 3”, in Peak of Eloquence[1], Dar al-Kitab (Lebanon) edition, page 50:
      فَقَالَ هَيْهَاتَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ـ تِلْكَ شِقْشِقَةٌ هَدَرَتْ ثُمَّ قَرَّتْ!
      faqāla hayhāta yābna ʕabbāsin - tilka šiqšiqatun hadarat ṯumma qarrat!
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  2. the most eloquent speaker of a group of people
    • 1694-1698, Al-Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar[2], Al-Wafa' Foundation edition, volume 29, page 236:
      وَنَطَقَ زَعِيمُ الدِّينِ، وَخَرِسَتْ شَقَاشِقُ الشَّيَاطِينِ
      wanaṭaqa zaʕīmu d-dīni, waḵarisat šaqāšiqu aš-šayāṭīni
      And the leader of the religion had spoken, and the speakers of the devils shut up
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Etymology 2

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Root
ش ق ق (š-q-q)

Noun

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شَقْشَقَة (šaqšaqaf (plural شَقَاشِق (šaqāšiq) or شَقْشَقَات (šaqšaqāt))

  1. chirp
    Synonym: تَغْرِيد (taḡrīd)
  2. loquacity
    Synonyms: ثَرْثَرَة (ṯarṯara), تَشَدُّق (tašadduq)
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