زورق

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زورق (zowraq, skiff, lake-boat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaw.raq/

Noun

زَوْرَق • (zawraqm (plural زَوَارِق (zawāriq))

  1. boat, dinghy, skiff

Declension

Declension of noun زَوْرَق (zawraq)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal زَوْرَق
zawraq
الزَّوْرَق
az-zawraq
زَوْرَق
zawraq
nominative زَوْرَقٌ
zawraqun
الزَّوْرَقُ
az-zawraqu
زَوْرَقُ
zawraqu
accusative زَوْرَقًا
zawraqan
الزَّوْرَقَ
az-zawraqa
زَوْرَقَ
zawraqa
genitive زَوْرَقٍ
zawraqin
الزَّوْرَقِ
az-zawraqi
زَوْرَقِ
zawraqi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal زَوْرَقَيْن
zawraqayn
الزَّوْرَقَيْن
az-zawraqayn
زَوْرَقَيْ
zawraqay
nominative زَوْرَقَانِ
zawraqāni
الزَّوْرَقَانِ
az-zawraqāni
زَوْرَقَا
zawraqā
accusative زَوْرَقَيْنِ
zawraqayni
الزَّوْرَقَيْنِ
az-zawraqayni
زَوْرَقَيْ
zawraqay
genitive زَوْرَقَيْنِ
zawraqayni
الزَّوْرَقَيْنِ
az-zawraqayni
زَوْرَقَيْ
zawraqay
plural basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal زَوَارِق
zawāriq
الزَّوَارِق
az-zawāriq
زَوَارِق
zawāriq
nominative زَوَارِقُ
zawāriqu
الزَّوَارِقُ
az-zawāriqu
زَوَارِقُ
zawāriqu
accusative زَوَارِقَ
zawāriqa
الزَّوَارِقَ
az-zawāriqa
زَوَارِقَ
zawāriqa
genitive زَوَارِقَ
zawāriqa
الزَّوَارِقِ
az-zawāriqi
زَوَارِقِ
zawāriqi

References

  • زورق” in Almaany
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زورق”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 536

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian *zōwrak. Maybe cognate with Latin galea (helmet).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? zawraq
Dari reading? zawraq
Iranian reading? zowraġ
Tajik reading? zavraq

Noun

زورق • (zowraq)

  1. skiff, lake-boat, boat
  2. helmet