برق

From the root ب ر ق (b r q). From Proto-Semitic *baraḳ- (“lightning”), although Fronzaroli states that the noun "lightning" may be a deverbal form, in which case only the verb would be inherited.

• Audio; “بَرَق” (“baraq”, verb, without final vowel):

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• IPA^(key): /ba.ra.qa/
• IPA^(key): /barq/

بَرَقَ • (baraqa) I (non-past يَبْرُقُ (yabruqu), verbal noun بُرُوق (burūq) or بَرِيق (barīq) or بَرْق (barq) or بَرَقَان (baraqān))

1. to produce lightning
2. to shine, to glitter, to sparkle, to flash

بَرْق • (barq) m (plural بُرُوق (burūq))

1. verbal noun of بَرَقَ (baraqa) (form I)
2. lightning
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:19-20:

     أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ […] ۝ يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَا أَضَاءَ لَهُمْ مَشَوْا فِيهِ وَإِذَا أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. flash of lightning
4. telegraph

• Hijazi Arabic: برق (barg)
• Maltese: beraq
• Moroccan Arabic: برق (barq)
• South Levantine Arabic: برق (barq)
• → Ottoman Turkish: برق (berk)
• → Persian: برق (barq)

From Arabic بَرْق (barq).

• IPA^(key): /barɡ/

برق • (barg) m (plural بروق (burūg))

1. lightning

• رعد (raʕad, raʕd, “thunder”)

From Arabic بَرْق (barq).

• IPA^(key): /barq/

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برق • (barq) m (plural بروق (brūq) or بروقة (brūqa), diminutive بريق (briyyiq))

1. lightning

• رعد (raʕd)

From Arabic بَرْق (barq).

برق • (berk)

1. lightning

   Synonym: شمشك (şimşek)

• Turkish: berk

• بلق (balq) (colloquial, Tehrani)^[1]

Borrowed from Arabic بَرْق (barq).

برق • (barq)

1. electricity

   طلا هادی برق است. ― talâ hâdi-ye barq ast. ― Gold conducts electricity.

2. lightning

   سگ از رعد و برق می‌ترسد.

   sag az ra'd o barq mi-tarsad.

   The dog is afraid of thunder and lightning.

   • c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 1012”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[2]:

     برق را در خرمن مردم تماشا کرده است
     آن که پندارد که حال مردم دنیا خوش است؟

     barq rā dar xirman-i mardum tamāšā karda ast
     ān ki pindārad ki hāl-i mardum-i dunyā xwaš ast?

     Has he observed how the lightning strikes the haystack of Man [reducing it to ashes in a moment]—
     He who thinks that the state of Man in the mortal world is worthwhile?

     (Classical Persian romanization)

3. (chiefly Dari) electric light (source of illumination)

   برق را داغ کن (Dari, more formal) ― barq rā dāġ kun ― turn on the light

4. brilliance, glint, flash, sparkle
   • c. 1649, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “On the conquest of Qandahār and praise of Shah ʿAbbās II”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[3]:

     از برق تیغ و خنجر بی زینهار شد
     در فوج خصم هر علم انگشت زینهار

     az barq-i tēġ u xanjar bē zēnhār šud
     dar fawj-i xasm har alam angušt-i zēnhār

     Without warning, due to the flash of swords and daggers,
     Every flag in the enemy host became a finger [raised in] warning.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

5. glaze, sheen

From Arabic أبرَق.

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ba.raʔ/, [ˈba.raʔ]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ba.raɡ/, [ˈba.raɡ]

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برق • (baraʔ) I (present ببرق (bibriʔ))

1. (weather) to be stormy with lightning

Borrowed from Arabic بَرْق (barq).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəɾq/

بَرْق • (barq) f (Hindi spelling बर्क़)

1. electricity

   Synonym: بجلی (bijlī)

2. lightning

بَرْق • (barq) (Hindi spelling बर्क़)

1. quick, active, brisk, alert

• “برق”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “barq”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.