زئبق

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian zywndkʾ (žīwandāg, žībandāg, “mercury”, literally “living”), from zyw (*žīwa-,*žība-, “living”), from Old Persian 𐎪𐎺 (jiva), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós. Compare English quick and quicksilver.

Noun

زِئْبَق • (ziʾbaq) m

(chemistry, uncountable) mercury (element), quicksilver

Synonyms

زَاؤُوق‎ (zāʾūq)

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