إِقْطَاع estate in Arabic
إِقْطَاع is how you say “estate” in Arabic.
Root ق ط ع q-ṭ-ʿ. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar, form IV). iqṭāʿ.
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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
Example sentence
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.
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How it is used
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
- قَطَّعَ to cut up, mangle; to articulate a word
- قَاطَعَ to sever ties with, separate from (by mutual consent)
- اِنْقَطَعَ to be cut off, interrupted, or stopped; to break off
- اِقْتَطَعَ to cut off, or take, a portion for oneself
- قِطْعَةٌ a piece, bit, or portion cut off from a whole
- قَطِيعٌ a herd, troop, or flock — a distinct collection
- قَطِيعَةٌ a 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').
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).