# نقش
## Arabic
### Verb

نَقَشَ • (naqaša) I (non-past يَنْقُشُ (yanqušu), verbal noun نَقْش (naqš))
* to emboss
** to variegate, to give different colours, to decorate, to embellish
** to engrave, to carve, to inscribe, to scratch, to peck, vel sim.
* to extract, to draw out, to pull out
    Synonym: اِنْتَقَشَ (intaqaša)

#### Conjugation
### Verb

نَقَّشَ • (naqqaša) II (non-past يُنَقِّشُ (yunaqqišu), verbal noun تَنْقِيش (tanqīš))
* synonym of نَقَشَ (naqaša)

#### Conjugation
### Noun

نَقْش • (naqš) m
* verbal noun of نَقَشَ (naqaša) (form I)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: naxış
* → Georgian: ნახში (naxši), ნახჩი (naxči)
* → Hindustani:
** Hindi: नक़्श (naqś)
** Urdu: نقش (naqś)
* → Middle Armenian: նախշ (naxš)
** Armenian: նախշ (naxš)
* → Northern Kurdish: neqş, nexş
* → Ottoman Turkish: نقش (nakş, nakış)
** Turkish: nakış
* → Persian: نقش (naqš)
* → Swahili: nakshi
* → Turkmen: nagyş
* → Uyghur: نەقىش (neqish)
* → Uzbek: naqsh

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic نَقَشَ (naqaša).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /na.ɡaʃ/

#### Verb

نقش • (nagaš) I (non-past يِنْقُش (yinguš))
* to emboss
** to variegate, to give different colours, to decorate, to embellish
** to engrave, to carve, to inscribe, to scratch, to peck, vel sim.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic نَقَّشَ (naqqaša).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naɡ.ɡaʃ/

#### Verb

نقش • (naggaš) II (non-past يِنَقِّش (yinaggiš))
* (rare) synonym of نَقَش (nagaš)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

From Arabic نَقْش (naqš).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naɡʃ/

#### Noun

نَقْش • (nagš) m (plural نُقُوش (nugūš))
* engraving

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَقْش (naqš, “engraving, variegation”).

### Noun

نقش • (nakş or nakış)
* painting, an artwork done with the use of paint, especially on walls
    Synonym: رسم (resim)
* embroidery, the ornamentation of fabric using needlework

#### Derived terms

* نقشباز (nakşbaz, “finesser”)
* نقشبند (nakşbend, “painter, designer”)
* نقشلمق (nakşlamak, “to embroider”)
* نقشلو (nakşlı, “ornamented with designs”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: nakış

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nakış”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3481
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “nakş”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 960
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نقش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1284
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Pictura”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1299
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “نقش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 5236
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nakış”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نقش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2098

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَقْش (naqš).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [naqʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [näqʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [näqʃ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [näqʃ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [näqʃ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [næʁʃ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [näqʃ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

نقش • (naqš) (plural نقش‌ها (naqš-hâ) or نقوش (noquš))
* role; part
    نقش‌های جنسیتی ― naqš-hâ-ye jensiyati ― gender roles
    نقش مهمی ― naqš-e mohemmi ― an important role
* role (of an actor)
    نقش او در این فیلم ― naqš-e u dar in film ― his role in this film
* drawing; painting; image
    میدان نقش جهانmeydân-e naqš-e jahânNaqsh-e Jahan Square(literally, “Image of the World Square”)
** c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 357”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:هر دم از روی تو نقشی زندم راه خیال با که گویم که در این پرده چه‌ها می‌بینمhar dam az rō-yi tu naqšē zanadam rāh-i xayāl bā ki gūyam ki dar īn parda či-hā mē-bēnamWith every breath, an image of your face plunders the road of my thoughts; To whom shall I speak of the things that I see under this veil?(Classical Persian transliteration)
* impression; trace
* design; plan
* (chiefly gambling) luck

#### Derived terms

* بد نقش (bad naqš, “unlucky”)
* خوش نقش (xoš naqš, “lucky”)
* نقشه (naqše, “map; plan”)
* نقش‌آب (naqš-âb, “watermark”)

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نقش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim