زقرت

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Gulf Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

زْقِرْت (zgirtm or f

  1. fashionable, cool, chic, elegant, stylish
    Synonyms: كشخة (kašḵa), كول (kūl), چيك (čīk), مزيون (mazyūn)
  2. (obsolete) playboy, womaniser, lady's man, flirt
    Synonym: مضبطچي (mḏ̣abbiṭči)

Usage notes[edit]

The word زقرت does not decline for gender and number. There are two gendered terms derived from the word with the same sense that can be used interchangeably with زقرت (with the applicable gender): زقرتي m (zgirti) and زقرتية f (zgirtīya).

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