ورق

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *waraḳ- (“leaf”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.raq/
  • (file)

Noun

وَرَق • (waraq) m (collective, singulative وَرَقَة‎ f (waraqa), plural أَوْرَاق‎ (ʔawrāq))

  1. foliage, leaves
  2. paper
  3. paper money, banknotes
  4. sheet metal

Declension

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: ورق‎ (waraʔ)
  • Hijazi Arabic: وَرَق‎ (warag)
  • Maltese: weraq
  • → Afar: warkat
  • → Azerbaijani: vərəq
  • → Georgian: ვარაყი (varaq̇i)
  • → Kazakh: парақ (paraq)
  • → Kyrgyz: барак (barak)
  • → Persian: ورق‎ (varaq), ورقه‎ (varaqe)
  • → Punjabi: ਵਰਕ (varak)
  • → Malay: warkah, warkat
  • → Somali: warqad
  • → Turkish: evrak
  • Uzbek: varaq

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic وَرَق‎ (waraq).

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /waɾaq/

Noun

ورق • (varaq)

  1. leaf (of a tree or book)
  2. sheet
  3. playing card

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ر ق‎

Etymology

From Arabic وَرَق‎ (waraq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /wa.raʔ/, [ˈwɑ.rˤɑʔ]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /wa.raɡ/, [ˈwɑ.rˤɑɡ]
  • (file)

Noun

ورق • (waraʔ) m (collective, singulative ورقة‎ f (waraʔa), plural أوراق‎ (ʔawrāʔ))

  1. (uncountable) foliage, leaves
  2. paper
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