صَوْقَعَةٌ
Root: صقع
Full Definition
صَوْقَعَةٌ
The place of the whiteness termed
صُقْعَة
in the head of a horse and of a bird &c.: or the middle of the head [in an absolute sense]: or the top, or uppermost part, [of the head, or] of the [cap called] كُمَّة, and of the turban. (O, K, TA: all in art. صفع. [See 1 in that art., where this last meaning is assigned to صَوْفَعَةٌ.])
2 And A turban [itself]: and any other thing that protects the head: accord. to IDrd, a piece of rag which a woman puts upon her head as a protection. (O. See صِقَاعٌ, first sentence.)
3 A piece of rag which is tied upon the top of the [kind of women's camel-vehicle called] هُوْدَج, and which the wind blows about.
4 The head [or top] of the [woman's face-veil called] بُرْقُع. (IAar, TA in this art. and voce شِبَامٌ [q. v.].)
5 The hollow (وَقْبَة) [that is made in the upper part of a dish] of ثَرِيد [or crumbled bread moistened with broth]: or the top, or upper part, of ثَرِيد.
6 Also The place of a battle in which is much smiting.
2 And A turban [itself]: and any other thing that protects the head: accord. to IDrd, a piece of rag which a woman puts upon her head as a protection. (O. See صِقَاعٌ, first sentence.)
3 A piece of rag which is tied upon the top of the [kind of women's camel-vehicle called] هُوْدَج, and which the wind blows about.
4 The head [or top] of the [woman's face-veil called] بُرْقُع. (IAar, TA in this art. and voce شِبَامٌ [q. v.].)
5 The hollow (وَقْبَة) [that is made in the upper part of a dish] of ثَرِيد [or crumbled bread moistened with broth]: or the top, or upper part, of ثَرِيد.
6 Also The place of a battle in which is much smiting.
Lane's Lexicon
+
Hans Wehr
+
Mufradat
Three dictionaries. One search.
"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."
47,000+ classical entries
Root-based navigation
Full text search
Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now
Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more