بروق

Arabic

Noun

بُرُوق • (burūq) pl

  1. plural of بَرْق‎ (barq)

Noun

بُرُوق • (burūq) m

  1. verbal noun of بَرَقَ‎ (baraqa) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 3

بَرْوَق

From Aramaic ברוק‎ (bārōq, “yellow, pale, sickly looking”) so-called from its appearance; grayish colored leaves and yellowish flowers, which suggest the gloom of the underworld and the pallor of death. Note also بَارُوق‎ (bārūq, “white lead”) apparently from the same form.

Alternative forms

  • بَرْوَاق‎ (barwāq)

Noun

بَرْوَق • (barwaq) m

  1. kingspear (Asphodelus, especially Asphodelus tenuifolius)
    Synonym: سِرِيش‎ (sirīš)
Declension

References

  • بروق‎ on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 288
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