قرقر

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From the reduplicated root ق ر ق ر (q-r-q-r).

Verb

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قَرْقَرَ (qarqara) Iq, non-past يُقَرْقِرُ‎ (yuqarqiru)

  1. to coo (pigeon), to make a rumble, to gurgle, to growl, to purr (cat), to laugh continuously and loudly

Conjugation

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قرقر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 888