نخاس

Arabic

Etymology

Occupational noun from the root ن خ س (n-ḵ-s): 'one who goads'.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nax.xaːs/

Noun

نَخَّاس • (naḵḵās) m (plural نَخَّاسُون (naḵḵāsūn))

  1. chattel trader, seller of animals, seller of slaves

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نخاس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 255
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “نخاس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1255
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