بروق

Arabic

Noun

بُرُوق (burūq) pl

  1. plural of بَرْق (barq)

Noun

بُرُوق (burūq) m

  1. verbal noun of بَرَقَ (baraqa) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 3

بَرْوَق

From Aramaic ברוק (bārōq, yellow, pale, sickly looking) so-called from its appearance; grayish colored leaves and yellowish flowers, which suggest the gloom of the underworld and the pallor of death. Note also بَارُوق (bārūq, white lead) apparently from the same form.

Alternative forms

  • بَرْوَاق (barwāq)

Noun

بَرْوَق (barwaq) m

  1. kingspear (Asphodelus, especially Asphodelus tenuifolius)
    Synonym: سِرِيش (sirīš)
Declension

References

  • بروق on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 288
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