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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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niqāb نِقاب , pl. nuqub , ʔanqibaẗ 
ID 873 • Sw – • BP 3999 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√NQB 
n. 
veil | kašafa ’l-niqāb ʕan to uncover, reveal, disclose s.th. – WehrCowan1979. 
From ↗naqaba ‘to pierce’, i.e., properly, a tissue into which two holes for the eyes have been made.1  
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↗NQB, ↗naqaba 
▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl niqab, from Ar niqāb ‘veil’, from ↗naqaba ‘to pierce, bore a hole, perforate’. 
► tanaqqaba, vb. V, to veil her face (woman): denom. – For other meanings ↗naqaba V.
► ĭntaqaba, vb. VIII, to put on a veil, veil one’s face: denom. 
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