زرق

See also: ژرف, ر ز ق, and رزق

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ز ر ق (z-r-q).

Verb

زَرِقَ (zariqa) I, non-past يَزْرَقُ‎ (yazraqu)

  1. to be blue, to become blue
  2. to be of dazzling or bright color
Conjugation

Verb

زَرَقَ (zaraqa) I, non-past يَزْرُقُ‎ (yazruqu)

  1. to pierce, to thrust, to stab
  2. to make the load shift backwards
Conjugation

Verb

زَرَّقَ (zarraqa) II, non-past يُزَرِّقُ‎ (yuzarriqu)

  1. to excite, to instigate
  2. to make blue
Conjugation

Noun

زَرْق (zarq) m

  1. verbal noun of زَرَقَ (zaraqa) (form I)
Declension

Noun

زَرَق (zaraq) m

  1. verbal noun of زَرِقَ (zariqa) (form I)
Declension

Adjective

زُرْق (zurq) c pl

  1. common plural of أَزْرَق (ʔazraq)

Etymology 2

Akin to Persian جره باز (jorra bâz), Middle Armenian ճուռակ (čuṙak), Byzantine Greek τζουράκιον (tzourákion) also meaning falcons.[1] Possibly also the source of زَارُوك (zārūk), denoting a kind of dhow of about 20 metres in length and 4 to 6 m across the beam used until the 1970s for trafficking.[2]

Noun

زُرَّق (zurraq) m (plural زَرَارِيق (zarārīq))

  1. white falcon, merlin
Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

زَرَقَ (zaraqa) I, non-past يَزْرُقُ or يَزْرِقُ‎ (yazruqu or yazriqu)

  1. alternative form of ذَرَقَ (ḏaraqa, to dung)
Conjugation

Noun

زَرْق (zarq) m

  1. alternative form of ذَرْق (ḏarq, dropping)
Declension

References

  1. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 190
  2. Agius, Dionisius A. (2019) The Life of the Red Sea Dhow: A Cultural History of Seaborne Exploration in the Islamic World, London: I.B. Tauris, pages 89–90

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَزْرَق (ʔazraq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zraq/
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Adjective

زرق (zraq) (feminine زرقة (zarqa), common plural زورق (zūreq), masculine plural زرقين (zarqīn), feminine plural زرقات (zarqāt), elative أزرق (ʔazraq) or زرق (zraq))

  1. blue

See also

Colors in Moroccan Arabic · ألوان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     بيض (byaḍ)      رمادي (rmādi)      كحل (kḥal)
             حمر (ḥmar); قرمزي (qarmzi)              ليموني (līmūni, laymūni), لتشيني (litšīni); قهوي (qahwi)              صفر (ṣfar)
             ليمي (līmi)              خضر (ḵḍar)              نعناعي (naʕnāʕi)
             سماوي (smāwi)              لازوردي (lāzūrdi)              زرق (zraq)
             قوقي (qūqi), موف (mūv), بنفسجي (banafsaji)              أرجواني (ʔurjwāni)              وردي (wardi), فجلي (fajli)
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