ترياق

Arabic

FWOTD – 27 December 2013

Alternative forms

  • دِرْيَاق (diryāq)

Etymology

From Persian تریاک (tiryāk, opium), from Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ, antidote)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɪrˁˈjɑːq]

Noun

تِرْيَاق (tiryāq) m (plural تَرَايِيق (tarāyīq))

  1. antidote, remedy, panacea
    • Sahih Muslim, The Book of Drinks, 27 Chapter: The virtue of the dates of Al-Madinah
      إِنَّ فِي عَجْوَةِ الْعَالِيَةِ شِفَاءً أَوْ إِنَّهَا تِرْيَاقٌ أَوَّلَ الْبُكْرَةِ
      ʾinna fī ʿajwantin ʾal-ʿāliyyati šifāʾan ʾaw ʾinnihā tiryāqu ʾawwala l-bukrati
      The pressed dates of Aliya contain healing effects and are an antidote in the early morning.
  2. antitoxin, theriac
    • Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya, Al-Tibb al-Nabawi (The Prophetic Medicine)
      بِغَمْسِ الذُّباب في الطعام إذا سقط فيه لأجل الشِّفَاء الذي في جناحه، وهو كالتِّرْياق للسُّمِّ
      bi-ġamsi l-ḏubābi fī ṭ-ṭaʿāmi ʾiḏā saqaṭa fīhi li-ʾajli š-šifāʿi llaḏī fī janāḥihi wa-huwa kat-tiryāqi lis-summi
      Dipping house flies in food if they fall in for the healing effects in their wings, which is like an antitoxin.
  3. alcohol, intoxicating drink

Declension

Derived terms

  • تِرْيَاقَة (tiryāqa)
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