محرقة

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ح ر ق (ḥ r q)
17 terms

Noun of place from the root ح ر ق (ḥ r q).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maħ.ra.qa/

Noun

مَحْرَقة • (maḥraqaf (plural مَحارِق (maḥāriq) or مَحْرَقات (maḥraqāt))

  1. a place of burning, fire
  2. a mass destruction, scorched-earth policy, a massacre, now especially the Holocaust
  3. alternative form of مِحْرَقة (miḥraqa, facility where something is burnt)

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miħ.ra.qa/

Noun

مِحْرَقة • (miḥraqaf (plural مَحارِق (maḥāriq) or مِحْرَقات (miḥraqāt))

  1. a device for burning, a furnace
  2. a facility where something is burnt, e.g. a crematorium or waste incinerator