إبريق

See also: ابریق

Arabic

إِبْرِيق

Etymology

From Middle Persian or Parthian *ābrēq possibly via Classical Syriac ܐܖܪܝܩܐ (ʾaḇrēqā), attested as Classical Persian آبریز‏ (âbrēz) from آب (âb, water) + the present stem of the verb ریختن (rêxtan, to pour).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔib.riːq/

Noun

إِبْرِيق (ʾibrīq) m (plural أَبَارِيق (ʾabārīq))

  1. pitcher, jug
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:17-18:
      يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَانٌ مُّخَلَّدُو نَبِأَكْوَابٍ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍ
      yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wildānun mmuḵalladū nabiʾakwābin waʾabārīqa wakaʾsin mmin mmaʿīnin
      There will circulate among them young boys made eternal, with beakers, pitchers and a glass of spring water.

Declension

References

  • ˀbryq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Cheung, Johnny (2017) On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qurʾānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic, Leiden: Leiden University, pages 2–3
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 15
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 46–47
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