وزغ

See also: ورع‎

Arabic

وَزَغَة

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (vazağ), ‎ (vazağe, “small lizard”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wa.zaɣ/

Noun

وَزَغ • (wazaḡ) m (collective, singulative وَزَغَة‎ f (wazaḡa), plural أَوْزَاغ‎ (ʔawzāḡ))

gecko

Declension

Declension of noun وَزَغ (wazaḡ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَزَغ wazaḡ	الْوَزَغ‎ al-wazaḡ	وَزَغ wazaḡ
Nominative	وَزَغٌ wazaḡun	الْوَزَغُ‎ al-wazaḡu	وَزَغُ wazaḡu
Accusative	وَزَغًا‎ wazaḡan	الْوَزَغَ‎ al-wazaḡa	وَزَغَ wazaḡa
Genitive	وَزَغٍ wazaḡin	الْوَزَغِ‎ al-wazaḡi	وَزَغِ wazaḡi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَزَغَة‎ wazaḡa	الْوَزَغَة‎ al-wazaḡa	وَزَغَة‎ wazaḡat
Nominative	وَزَغَةٌ‎ wazaḡatun	الْوَزَغَةُ‎ al-wazaḡatu	وَزَغَةُ‎ wazaḡatu
Accusative	وَزَغَةً‎ wazaḡatan	الْوَزَغَةَ‎ al-wazaḡata	وَزَغَةَ‎ wazaḡata
Genitive	وَزَغَةٍ‎ wazaḡatin	الْوَزَغَةِ‎ al-wazaḡati	وَزَغَةِ‎ wazaḡati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَزَغَتَيْن‎ wazaḡatayn	الْوَزَغَتَيْن‎ al-wazaḡatayn	وَزَغَتَيْ‎ wazaḡatay
Nominative	وَزَغَتَانِ‎ wazaḡatāni	الْوَزَغَتَانِ‎ al-wazaḡatāni	وَزَغَتَا‎ wazaḡatā
Accusative	وَزَغَتَيْنِ‎ wazaḡatayni	الْوَزَغَتَيْنِ‎ al-wazaḡatayni	وَزَغَتَيْ‎ wazaḡatay
Genitive	وَزَغَتَيْنِ‎ wazaḡatayni	الْوَزَغَتَيْنِ‎ al-wazaḡatayni	وَزَغَتَيْ‎ wazaḡatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَزَغَات‎ wazaḡāt	الْوَزَغَات‎ al-wazaḡāt	وَزَغَات‎ wazaḡāt
Nominative	وَزَغَاتٌ‎ wazaḡātun	الْوَزَغَاتُ‎ al-wazaḡātu	وَزَغَاتُ‎ wazaḡātu
Accusative	وَزَغَاتٍ‎ wazaḡātin	الْوَزَغَاتِ‎ al-wazaḡāti	وَزَغَاتِ‎ wazaḡāti
Genitive	وَزَغَاتٍ‎ wazaḡātin	الْوَزَغَاتِ‎ al-wazaḡāti	وَزَغَاتِ‎ wazaḡāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
Plural of variety	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَوْزَاغ‎ ʔawzāḡ	الْأَوْزَاغ‎ al-ʔawzāḡ	أَوْزَاغ‎ ʔawzāḡ
Nominative	أَوْزَاغٌ‎ ʔawzāḡun	الْأَوْزَاغُ‎ al-ʔawzāḡu	أَوْزَاغُ‎ ʔawzāḡu
Accusative	أَوْزَاغًا‎ ʔawzāḡan	الْأَوْزَاغَ‎ al-ʔawzāḡa	أَوْزَاغَ‎ ʔawzāḡa
Genitive	أَوْزَاغٍ‎ ʔawzāḡin	الْأَوْزَاغِ‎ al-ʔawzāḡi	أَوْزَاغِ‎ ʔawzāḡi

Descendants

Maltese: wiżagħ

References

“وزغ” in Almaany
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وزغ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 1211

Persian

Alternative forms

بزغ‎ (bazağ), پزغ‎ (pazağ), وزق‎ (vazaq), وزک‎ (vazak)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wzγ /wazaγ/, “frog”). Akin to Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬖𐬁‎ (vazaγā, “lizard, frog”), compare ‎ (vazağe, “small lizard”), and to Old Armenian Վազգէն (Vazgēn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /væˈzæɣ/

Noun

وزغ • (vazağ)

toad

Derived terms

جلوزغ‎ (jolvazağ)

Descendants

→? Georgian: ვასაკა (vasaḳa)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “wzγ”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 89
Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 501

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