Arabic vocabulary
إِقْطَاعestate in Arabic
إِقْطَاع is how you say “estate” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ق ط ع (q-ṭ-ʿ)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar, form IV)Pronounced iqṭāʿ
Meaning of estate in Arabic
- estate; a grant, or apportionment, of land — parallels qaṭīʿah, 'a portion of land held in fee,' within the same root family
Built on the إِفْعَال maṣdar pattern of the root's cutting sense, iqṭāʿ names a piece of land marked off and granted to someone — an estate — closely tied to qaṭīʿah, 'a portion of land held in fee,' from the same family.
Words from the same root
- قَطَّعَto cut up, mangle; to articulate a word
- قَاطَعَto sever ties with, separate from (by mutual consent)
- اِنْقَطَعَto be cut off, interrupted, or stopped; to break off
- اِقْتَطَعَto cut off, or take, a portion for oneself
- قِطْعَةٌa piece, bit, or portion cut off from a whole
- قَطِيعٌa herd, troop, or flock — a distinct collection
- قَطِيعَةٌa portion of land held in fee
Common questions
- How do you say "estate" in Arabic?
- إِقْطَاع (iqṭāʿ).
- What does the root ق ط ع mean?
- It carries the core sense 'to cut, sever, cut off,' seen across words like qaṭṭaʿa ('to cut up'), inqaṭaʿa ('to be cut off'), and qiṭʿah ('a piece').
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
فصل إيّاك والمعاصي فإنها أزالت عزّ اسجدوا، وأخرجت إقطاع اسكن يا آدم
Beware of sins, for they removed the honor of 'bow down,' and expelled the estate of 'dwell, O Adam.'
إِقْطَاعَ — estate. iqta means 'a granted estate, fief'; the object of 'expelled' (object form), heading an 'of…' phrase with the quoted command.
From: Adam's Descent →
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