عقيق

Arabic

عَقِيق

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.qiːq/

Etymology 1

From the root ع ق ق‎ (ʕ-q-q).

Noun

عَقِيق • (ʕaqīq) m (plural أَعِقَّة‎ (ʔaʕiqqa))

  1. ravine, canyon, kloof
Declension

Etymology 2

عَقِيق

From Aramaic עקיק‎, unless both are from a third source.

Noun

عَقِيق • (ʕaqīq) m (collective, singulative عَقِيقَة‎ f (ʕaqīqa), plural عَقَائِق‎ (ʕaqāʔiq))

  1. agate
  2. carnelian
Declension
Derived terms
  • عَقِيقِيّ‎ (ʕaqīqiyy, “related to agate/carnelian/onyx”)
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: əqiq
  • → Kazakh: ақық (aqyq)
  • → Malay: akik
  • → Ottoman Turkish: عقیق‎ (akik)
  • → Persian: عقیق‎ ('aqiq)
    • → Middle Armenian: աղեղ (ałeł)
      • Armenian: աղեղ (ałeł), աղեխ (ałex)

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 61–62
  • Freytag, Georg (1835), “عقيق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 189

Malay

Noun

عقيق (plural عقيق-عقيق or عقيق۲‎, informal 1st possessive عقيقکو‎, 2nd possessive عقيقمو‎, 3rd possessive عقيقڽ‎)

  1. Jawi spelling of akik
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