"رقي" meaning in Gulf Arabic

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Noun

IPA: /rəɡːi/ [Kuwait] Forms: raggi [romanization], رقية [feminine, singulative], رقيتين [dual], رقيات [plural], رگي [alternative], ركي [alternative]
Etymology: Originally from رقة (ragga, “Raqqa, a province in Syria”) + the relative adjective suffix ـي (i, “of, belonging to, -y”). Now reanalysed as single monomorphemic word.
  1. (Eastern Province, Kuwait) watermelon fruit Tags: Kuwait, collective Categories (lifeform): Fruits, Gourd family plants Synonyms: جح Related terms: صابون رقي
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "raggi",
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    {
      "form": "رقية",
      "roman": "raggīya",
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    {
      "form": "رقيتين",
      "roman": "raggītēn",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "رقيات",
      "roman": "raggiyāt",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "رگي",
      "roman": "raggi",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "ركي",
      "roman": "raggi",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "afb",
          "name": "Fruits",
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            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "afb",
          "name": "Gourd family plants",
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          "english": "What do you like more, watermelon or muskmelon?",
          "roman": "šinu tḥib akṯar, ir-raggi wila-lbaṭṭīḵ?",
          "text": "شنو تحب اكثر، الرقي ولا البطيخ؟"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, عاطف رمضان, “«التجارة» تحيل بائعي الرقي الإيراني إلى النيابة”, in Al-Anba (Kuwait):",
          "text": "علمت «الأنباء» أن قطاع الرقابة التجارية وحماية المستهلك تمكن من ضبط نصف طن رقي إيراني المنشأ توجد به ثقوب",
          "type": "quote"
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      "glosses": [
        "watermelon fruit"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "watermelon",
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      ],
      "qualifier": "Eastern Province",
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        "(Eastern Province, Kuwait) watermelon fruit"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "صابون رقي"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "جح"
        }
      ],
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        "Kuwait",
        "collective"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/rəɡːi/",
      "tags": [
        "Kuwait"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "رقي"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "raggi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "رقية",
      "roman": "raggīya",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "رقيتين",
      "roman": "raggītēn",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "رقيات",
      "roman": "raggiyāt",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "رگي",
      "roman": "raggi",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ركي",
      "roman": "raggi",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "صابون رقي"
    }
  ],
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        "Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
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        "Requests for transliteration of Arabic quotations",
        "afb:Fruits",
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          "english": "What do you like more, watermelon or muskmelon?",
          "roman": "šinu tḥib akṯar, ir-raggi wila-lbaṭṭīḵ?",
          "text": "شنو تحب اكثر، الرقي ولا البطيخ؟"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, عاطف رمضان, “«التجارة» تحيل بائعي الرقي الإيراني إلى النيابة”, in Al-Anba (Kuwait):",
          "text": "علمت «الأنباء» أن قطاع الرقابة التجارية وحماية المستهلك تمكن من ضبط نصف طن رقي إيراني المنشأ توجد به ثقوب",
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        "watermelon fruit"
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        {
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    {
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