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

Declension of noun زَوْرَق (zawraq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَوْرَق zawraq	الزَّوْرَق az-zawraq	زَوْرَق zawraq
Nominative	زَوْرَقٌ zawraqun	الزَّوْرَقُ az-zawraqu	زَوْرَقُ zawraqu
Accusative	زَوْرَقًا zawraqan	الزَّوْرَقَ az-zawraqa	زَوْرَقَ zawraqa
Genitive	زَوْرَقٍ zawraqin	الزَّوْرَقِ az-zawraqi	زَوْرَقِ zawraqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَوْرَقَيْن zawraqayn	الزَّوْرَقَيْن az-zawraqayn	زَوْرَقَيْ zawraqay
Nominative	زَوْرَقَانِ zawraqāni	الزَّوْرَقَانِ az-zawraqāni	زَوْرَقَا zawraqā
Accusative	زَوْرَقَيْنِ zawraqayni	الزَّوْرَقَيْنِ az-zawraqayni	زَوْرَقَيْ zawraqay
Genitive	زَوْرَقَيْنِ zawraqayni	الزَّوْرَقَيْنِ az-zawraqayni	زَوْرَقَيْ zawraqay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَوَارِق zawāriq	الزَّوَارِق az-zawāriq	زَوَارِق zawāriq
Nominative	زَوَارِقُ zawāriqu	الزَّوَارِقُ az-zawāriqu	زَوَارِقُ zawāriqu
Accusative	زَوَارِقَ zawāriqa	الزَّوَارِقَ az-zawāriqa	زَوَارِقَ zawāriqa
Genitive	زَوَارِقَ zawāriqa	الزَّوَارِقِ az-zawāriqi	زَوَارِقِ zawāriqi

References

• “زورق” in Almaany
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زورق”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zaw.ɾaq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäw.ɾäq]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zow.ɹæɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) 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