زاؤوق

Arabic

Etymology

An Aramaic variant form — unattested there like the sources of شَاقُول (šāqūl, “plumb line”), كَافُور (kāfūr), سَاهُور (sāhūr, “sheath of the moon after a saros”) etc. bearing the same pattern — modified from the one which is the source of زِئْبَق (ziʔbaq, “mercury, quicksilver”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zaː.ʔuːq/

Noun

زَاؤُوق • (zāʔūq) m

mercury (element), quicksilver
Synonym: زِئْبَق (ziʔbaq)

Descendants

Andalusian Arabic: زوق (zawq)
- → Galician: azougue
- → Portuguese: azougue
- → Spanish: azogue
Moroccan Arabic: زاوق (zāwiq)

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