فتخاء

Arabic

تمثال الفتخاء (أندلسي، متحف كاتدرائية بيزا)

Etymology

From the root ف ت خ (f-t-ḵ) meaning "softness or suppleness in the joints [of limbs]" referring in particular to the lion's paws or eagle's wings at rest.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fat.xaːʔ/

Noun

فَتْخَاء • (fatḵāʔ) f

  1. (mythology) griffin
    Synonym: شِيرْدَال (šīrdāl)
  2. eagle

Declension

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “فتخاء”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2330

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