عقيق

Arabic

عَقِيق

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.qiːq/

Etymology 1

From the root ع ق ق (ʿ-q-q).

Noun

عَقِيق (ʿaqīq) m (plural أَعِقَّة (ʾaʿiqqa))

  1. ravine, canyon, kloof
Declension

Etymology 2

عَقِيق

From Aramaic עקיק, unless both are from a third source.

Noun

عَقِيق (ʿaqīq) m (collective, singulative عَقِيقَة (ʿaqīqa), plural عَقَائِق (ʿaqāʾiq))

  1. agate
  2. carnelian
  3. onyx
Declension
Derived terms
  • عَقِيقِيّ (ʿaqīqiyy, related to agate/carnelian/onyx)
Descendants
  • Turkish: akik
  • Persian: عقیق (aqiq)

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 61–62
  • Freytag, Georg (1835), عقيق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 189
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