See also: لقت and لفت

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ل ق ب (l-q-b).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

لَقَب (laqabm (plural أَلْقَاب (ʔalqāb))

  1. nickname
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:11:
      [] وَلَا تَلْمِزُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِٱلْأَلْقَابِ []
      [] wa-lā talmizū ʔanfusakum wa-lā tanābazū bi-l-ʔalqābi []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. title
  3. surname
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Maltese: laqam
  • Ottoman Turkish: لقب (laḳab)
    > Turkish: lakap (inherited)
  • Persian: لقب (laqab)
  • Swahili: lakabu
  • Uyghur: لەقەم (leqem)
  • Uzbek: laqab
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Etymology 2 edit

Denominal verb derived from the noun لَقَب (laqab).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

لَقَّبَ (laqqaba) II, non-past يُلَقِّبُ‎ (yulaqqibu)

  1. to nickname, to title, to surname
Conjugation edit
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Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic لَقَب (laqab).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? laqaḇ
Dari reading? laqab
Iranian reading? lağab
Tajik reading? laqab

Noun edit

لقب (laqab)

  1. title
  2. nickname

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South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ل ق ب
1 term

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic لَقَّبَ (laqqaba).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /laʔ.ʔab/, [ˈlaʔ.ʔab]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /laɡ.ɡab/, [ˈlaɡ.ɡab]
  • (file)

Verb edit

لقّب (laʔʔab) II (present بلقّب (bilaʔʔeb))

  1. to nickname
    Synonym: سمّى (samma)
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of لقّب (laʔʔab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لقّبت (laʔʔabt) لقّبت (laʔʔabt) لقّب (laʔʔab) لقّبنا (laʔʔabna) لقّبتو (laʔʔabtu) لقّبو (laʔʔabu)
f لقّبتي (laʔʔabti) لقّبت (laʔʔabat)
present m بلقّب (balaʔʔeb) بتلقّب (bitlaʔʔeb) بلقّب (bilaʔʔeb) منلقّب (minlaʔʔeb) بتلقّبو (bitlaʔʔbu) بلقّبو (bilaʔʔbu)
f بتلقّبي (bitlaʔʔbi) بتلقّب (bitlaʔʔeb)
subjunctive m القّب (alaʔʔeb) تلقّب (tlaʔʔeb) يلقّب (ylaʔʔeb) نلقّب (nlaʔʔeb) تلقّبو (tlaʔʔbu) يلقّبو (ylaʔʔbu)
f تلقّبي (tlaʔʔbi) تلقّب (tlaʔʔeb)
imperative m لقّب (laʔʔeb) لقّبو (laʔʔbu)
f لقّبي (laʔʔbi)

Etymology 2 edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic لَقَب (laqab).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /la.qab/, [ˈlɑ.qɑb]
  • (file)

Noun edit

لقب (laqabm (plural ألقاب (ʔalqāb))

  1. title
  2. nickname

Tunisian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic لَقَب (laqab) ("nickname, title, surname").

Noun edit

لقب (laqabm

  1. surname, family name, last name

Usage notes edit

In Tunisia, it was common for individuals to use their father's first name as their surname, rather than a traditional family name.

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Urdu edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

لَقَب (laqabm (Hindi spelling लक़ब)

  1. title, appellation, epithet
  2. surname
  3. nickname