Arabic edit

Root
ع ق ب (ʕ-q-b)

Etymology 1 edit

Verbal noun of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

عِقَاب (ʕiqābm

  1. verbal noun of عَاقَبَ (ʕāqaba, to punish) (form III)
  2. punishment, infliction of punishment
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:43:
      إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغْفِرَةٍ وَذُو عِقَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
      ʔinna rabbaka laḏū maḡfiratin waḏū ʕiqābin ʔalīmin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Antonyms edit
Descendants edit
  • Azerbaijani: iqab
  • Persian: عقاب ('eqâb)
  • Ottoman Turkish: عقاب (ikab)
  • Tarifit: lɛiqab
  • Uzbek: iqob

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ع ق ب (ʕ-q-b)?

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʕu.qaːb/
  • (file)

Noun edit

عُقَاب (ʕuqābf (plural أَعْقُب (ʔaʕqub) or عِقْبَان (ʕiqbān))

  1. eagle
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Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic عُقَاب (ʕuqāb). Displaced native آله (âloh).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? uqāḇ
Dari reading? uqāb
Iranian reading? oğâb
Tajik reading? uqob

Noun edit

Dari عقاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik уқоб

عقاب ('oqâb) (plural عقابان ('oqâbân) or عقاب‌ها ('oqâb-hâ))

  1. eagle
    Synonyms: آله (âloh), دال (dâl)
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic عِقَاب (ʕiqāb).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? iqāḇ
Dari reading? iqāb
Iranian reading? eğâb
Tajik reading? iqob

Noun edit

Dari عقاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik иқоб

عقاب ('eqâb)

  1. (dated) punishment

Urdu edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian عقاب (uqāḇ), from Arabic عُقَاب (ʕuqāb).

Noun edit

عقاب ('uqābm (Hindi spelling उक़ाब)

  1. eagle
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian عقاب (iqāḇ), from Arabic عِقَاب (ʕiqāb).

Noun edit

عقاب ('iqābm (Hindi spelling इक़ाब)

  1. punishment
  2. torture