"رقي" meaning in Gulf Arabic

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Noun

IPA: /rəɡːi/ [Kuwait] Forms: raggi [romanization], رقية [feminine, singulative], رقيتين [dual], رقيات [plural]
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, رگي (raggi), ركي (raggi) Related terms: صابون رقي
    Sense id: en-رقي-afb-noun-irZeiqKd Categories (other): Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header

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  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "raggi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "رقية",
      "roman": "raggīya",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "رقيتين",
      "roman": "raggītēn",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "رقيات",
      "roman": "raggiyāt",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "afb",
          "name": "Fruits",
          "orig": "afb:Fruits",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "afb",
          "name": "Gourd family plants",
          "orig": "afb:Gourd family plants",
          "parents": [
            "Cucurbitales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What do you like more, watermelon or muskmelon?",
          "roman": "šinu tḥib akṯar, ir-raggi wila-lbaṭṭīḵ?",
          "text": "شنو تحب اكثر، الرقي ولا البطيخ؟",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "watermelon fruit"
      ],
      "id": "en-رقي-afb-noun-irZeiqKd",
      "links": [
        [
          "watermelon",
          "watermelon"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Eastern Province",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Eastern Province, Kuwait) watermelon fruit"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "صابون رقي"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "جح"
        },
        {
          "roman": "raggi",
          "word": "رگي"
        },
        {
          "roman": "raggi",
          "word": "ركي"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Kuwait",
        "collective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/rəɡːi/",
      "tags": [
        "Kuwait"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "رقي"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "raggi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "رقية",
      "roman": "raggīya",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singulative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "رقيتين",
      "roman": "raggītēn",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "رقيات",
      "roman": "raggiyāt",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "صابون رقي"
    }
  ],
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        "Gulf Arabic collective nouns",
        "Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Gulf Arabic lemmas",
        "Gulf Arabic masculine nouns",
        "Gulf Arabic nouns",
        "Gulf Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Gulf Arabic terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Arabic quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Arabic quotations",
        "afb:Fruits",
        "afb:Gourd family plants"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What do you like more, watermelon or muskmelon?",
          "roman": "šinu tḥib akṯar, ir-raggi wila-lbaṭṭīḵ?",
          "text": "شنو تحب اكثر، الرقي ولا البطيخ؟",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "watermelon fruit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "watermelon",
          "watermelon"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Eastern Province",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Eastern Province, Kuwait) watermelon fruit"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "جح"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Kuwait",
        "collective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/rəɡːi/",
      "tags": [
        "Kuwait"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "raggi",
      "word": "رگي"
    },
    {
      "roman": "raggi",
      "word": "ركي"
    }
  ],
  "word": "رقي"
}

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