استراق

Arabic

Root
س ر ق (s r q)
7 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِسْتَرَقَ (istaraqa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /is.ti.raːq/
Rhymes: -aːq

Noun

اِسْتِرَاق • (istirāq) m

verbal noun of اِسْتَرَقَ (istaraqa) (form VIII)

Declension

Declension of noun **اِسْتِرَاق** (istirāq)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اِسْتِرَاق istirāq	الِاسْتِرَاق al-istirāq	اِسْتِرَاق istirāq
nominative	اِسْتِرَاقٌ istirāqun	الِاسْتِرَاقُ al-istirāqu	اِسْتِرَاقُ istirāqu
accusative	اِسْتِرَاقًا istirāqan	الِاسْتِرَاقَ al-istirāqa	اِسْتِرَاقَ istirāqa
genitive	اِسْتِرَاقٍ istirāqin	الِاسْتِرَاقِ al-istirāqi	اِسْتِرَاقِ istirāqi

Descendants

→ Persian: استراق (esterâq)
→ Ottoman Turkish: استراق (istirâk)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِرَاق (istirāq).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔis.ti.ˈɾaːq/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ːq]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪs.t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑ́ːq]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́ːq]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔes.t̪ʰe.ɹɒ́ːɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔis.t̪ʰi.ɾɔ́q]

Readings
Classical reading^?	istirāq
Dari reading^?	istirāq
Iranian reading^?	esterâġ
Tajik reading^?	istiroq

Noun

استراق • (esterâq)

(rare, except in ) stealing

Derived terms

استراق سمع (esterâq-e sam', “eavesdropping”)