ابو دقيق

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From the Arabic word دَقِيق‎ (daqīq, “flour”) + أَبُو‎ (ʾabū, “father of" or "possessor of”) meaning "father or possessor of flour".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʔæboˈdeʔiːʔ]

Noun

ابو دقيق‎ • (ʾabu diʾīʾ) m (no plural)

  1. butterfly

Synonyms

References
  • Spiro, Socrates (1895). An Arabic-English vocabulary of the colloquial Arabic of Egypt, containing the vernacular idioms and expressions, slang phrases, etc., etc., used by the native Egyptians Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office.
  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986). A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic Beirut: Librairie du Liban.
  • Lane, Edward William (1863). An Arabic - English Lexicon derived from the best and the most copious eastern sources London: Williams and Northgate.
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