زقر

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic סקר (săqar, “to stare, to stare with envy, malice”), which has sometimes seen variants with initial ז (z).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /za.ʔar/
  • (Druze, coastal Syria) IPA(key): /za.qar/

Verb

زقر • (zaʔar) I (non-past يزقر (yizʔur))

  1. alternative form of جَقَر (jaʔar, “to glower at”)

Derived terms

  • زقور (zaʔwar, “to ogle”)

References

  1. ^ “sqr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
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