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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