غرغر

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the reduplicated onomatopoeic root غ ر غ ر (ḡ-r-ḡ-r); compare وَسْوَسَ (waswasa) and زَلْزَلَ (zalzala).

Verb[edit]

غَرْغَرَ (ḡarḡara) Iq, non-past يُغَرْغِرُ‎ (yuḡarḡiru)

  1. to gargle; to gurgle
  2. to boil, to seethe
  3. to reiterate one's voice
  4. to die with a death rattle in the throat
  5. to cut the throat of
  6. to pierce in the throat

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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غِرْغِر

غِرْغِر (ḡirḡirm (collective, singulative غِرْغِرَة f (ḡirḡira))

  1. guinea-fowl (Numididae spp.)

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