عراق

See also: العراق and عراف

Arabic

Noun

عِرَاق • (ʕirāq) m

  1. only used in العِرَاق (al-ʕirāq, Iraq)
  2. only used in عِرَاق الْعَجَم (ʕirāq al-ʕajam)
  3. only used in عِرَاق الْعَرَب (ʕirāq al-ʕarab)
Declension

Etymology 2

Root
ع ر ق (ʕ-r-q)

Noun

عِرَاق • (ʕirāq) m (plural عُرُق (ʕuruq) or أَعْرِقَة (ʔaʕriqa)) (Classical Arabic)

  1. a double suture that is at the lower end of a waterskin (مَزَادَة (mazāda) or قِرْبَة (qirba)) or eating mat (سُفْرَة (sufra))
  2. shore, coast, any region or area (of a whole country or a mere rivulet in a garden) adjacent to water as opposed to another one
    • 850–861, علي بن سهل ربن الطبري [ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī], edited by Oliver Kahl, ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī’s Health Regimen or “Book of the Pearl” كتاب اللؤلؤة (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 115), Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →ISBN, § 97, page 116:
      ومثل الألبان والرواصيل والبليلج فإنها غذاء لأهل الجبال وسم لأهل العراق
      And likewise, milk and confitures and myrobalans are food for mountain dwellers and poison for shore people.
  3. the circuit or surrounding edge of the ear
  4. the fore part and hinder part of the saddle of a horse
  5. the court or yard extending from the sides of the house
  6. pace, rate of going
Declension

Noun

عُرَاق • (ʕurāq) m (Classical Arabic)

  1. clear water
  2. copious rain
  3. a picked bone, the fleshmeat of bone
Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq, Iraq).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪ.ɾɑ́ːq]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪ.ɾɑ́ːq]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔi.ɾɔ́ːq]

Readings
Classical reading? irāq
Dari reading? irāq
Iranian reading? erâğ
Tajik reading? iroq

Proper noun

Dari عراق
Iranian Persian
Tajik Ироқ

عِراق • ('erâq)

  1. Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

References

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عراق”, in New Persian–English dictionary, volume 2, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 350

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عِراق ('irāq), from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪ.ɾɑːq/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑːq

Proper noun

عِراق • ('irāq) m (Hindi spelling इराक़)

  1. Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

See also

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