أريكة

Arabic

Etymology

Unknown, suggested as Iranian, comparing with Classical Persian اورنگ (awrang, “throne”), but this is difficult. A native origin would connect the Arabic only to أَرَاك (ʔarāk, “toothbrush tree”), or perhaps an obsolete أَرَكَ (ʔaraka, “to persevere, to bide”), because it is a place of abode, which however likely derives from the plant name, as these trees are inviting for camels, goats, and humans to eat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.riː.ka/

Noun

أَرِيكَة • (ʔarīka) f (plural أَرَائِكُ (ʔarāʔiku) or أَرِيك (ʔarīk))

1. sofa

   Synonyms: سَرِير (sarīr), كَنَبَة (kanaba), تَخْت (taḵt)

2. throne

   جَلَسَ المَلِكُ عَلَى أَرِيكَتِهِ

   jalasa l-maliku ʕalā ʔarīkatihi

   the king sat on his throne

   Synonyms: سَرِير (sarīr), عَرْش (ʕarš)

Declension

Declension of noun أَرِيكَة (ʔarīka)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرِيكَة ʔarīka	الْأَرِيكَة al-ʔarīka	أَرِيكَة ʔarīkat
Nominative	أَرِيكَةٌ ʔarīkatun	الْأَرِيكَةُ al-ʔarīkatu	أَرِيكَةُ ʔarīkatu
Accusative	أَرِيكَةً ʔarīkatan	الْأَرِيكَةَ al-ʔarīkata	أَرِيكَةَ ʔarīkata
Genitive	أَرِيكَةٍ ʔarīkatin	الْأَرِيكَةِ al-ʔarīkati	أَرِيكَةِ ʔarīkati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرِيكَتَيْن ʔarīkatayn	الْأَرِيكَتَيْن al-ʔarīkatayn	أَرِيكَتَيْ ʔarīkatay
Nominative	أَرِيكَتَانِ ʔarīkatāni	الْأَرِيكَتَانِ al-ʔarīkatāni	أَرِيكَتَا ʔarīkatā
Accusative	أَرِيكَتَيْنِ ʔarīkatayni	الْأَرِيكَتَيْنِ al-ʔarīkatayni	أَرِيكَتَيْ ʔarīkatay
Genitive	أَرِيكَتَيْنِ ʔarīkatayni	الْأَرِيكَتَيْنِ al-ʔarīkatayni	أَرِيكَتَيْ ʔarīkatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرَائِك‎; أَرِيك ʔarāʔik‎; ʔarīk	الْأَرَائِك‎; الْأَرِيك al-ʔarāʔik‎; al-ʔarīk	أَرَائِك‎; أَرِيك ʔarāʔik‎; ʔarīk
Nominative	أَرَائِكُ‎; أَرِيكٌ ʔarāʔiku‎; ʔarīkun	الْأَرَائِكُ‎; الْأَرِيكُ al-ʔarāʔiku‎; al-ʔarīku	أَرَائِكُ‎; أَرِيكُ ʔarāʔiku‎; ʔarīku
Accusative	أَرَائِكَ‎; أَرِيكًا ʔarāʔika‎; ʔarīkan	الْأَرَائِكَ‎; الْأَرِيكَ al-ʔarāʔika‎; al-ʔarīka	أَرَائِكَ‎; أَرِيكَ ʔarāʔika‎; ʔarīka
Genitive	أَرَائِكَ‎; أَرِيكٍ ʔarāʔika‎; ʔarīkin	الْأَرَائِكِ‎; الْأَرِيكِ al-ʔarāʔiki‎; al-ʔarīki	أَرَائِكِ‎; أَرِيكِ ʔarāʔiki‎; ʔarīki

References

• “أريكة” in Almaany
• Asbaghi, Asya (1988) Persische Lehnwörter im Arabischen‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 11
• Cheung, Johnny (2017) On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qurʾānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic‎^[2], Leiden: Leiden University, page 3
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “أريكة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 50–51