زورق

Arabic

زَوْرَق

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زورق (zowraq, skiff, lake-boat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaw.raq/

Noun

زَوْرَق • (zawraq) m (plural زَوَارِق (zawāriq))

  1. boat, dinghy, skiff

Declension

References

  • زورق” in Almaany
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زورق”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 536

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian *zōwrak. Maybe cognate with Latin galea (helmet).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zäw.ɾäq]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [zäw.ɾäq]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [zäw.ɾäq]

Readings
Classical reading? zawraq
Dari reading? zawraq
Iranian reading? zowrağ
Tajik reading? zavraq

Noun

زورق • (zowraq)

  1. skiff, lake-boat, boat
  2. helmet
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