برقوق

Arabic

برقوق

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-

Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti

Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō

Latin coquō

Latin praecoquō

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Latin -s

Latin praecoquus

Latin praecoquumder.

Byzantine Greek βερίκοκκον (beríkokkon)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Byzantine Greek -ία (-ía)

Byzantine Greek βερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkĭ́ā)der.

Classical Syriac ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܐ (barqūqā)bor.

Arabic برقوق

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܐ (barqūqā), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkĭ́ā, “apricot tree”), from βερίκοκκον (beríkokkon) + -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

• (most common) IPA^(key): /bar.quːq/
• (classicized) IPA^(key): /bur.quːq/

Noun

بُرْقُوق or بَرْقُوق • (burqūq or barqūq) m (collective, singulative بُرْقُوقَة f (burqūqa) or بَرْقُوقَة f (barqūqa))

1. plum, plums

   Synonyms: (Syria, Jordania, Oman) خَوْخ (ḵawḵ), (Al-Andalus, Iraq) إِجَّاص (ʔijjāṣ), (Tunisia, Libya, Al-Andalus) عَيْن الْبَقَر (ʕayn al-baqar), (Al-Andalus) عَبْقَر (ʕabqar)

2. (West-Yemen, al-Andalus, Sicily, Mauritania, Western Sahara) apricot, apricots

   Synonym: (elsewhere) مِشْمِش (mišmiš)

3. (Mauritania, Western Sahara) peach, peaches

   Synonyms: (general) خَوْخ (ḵawḵ), (Levant) دُرَّاق (durrāq), (Southwest Arabia, Al-Andalus) فِرْسِك (firsik)

Declension

Declension of noun بُرْقُوق (burqūq)‎; بَرْقُوق (barqūq)

collective	basic collective triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُرْقُوق‎; بَرْقُوق burqūq‎; barqūq	الْبُرْقُوق‎; الْبَرْقُوق al-burqūq‎; al-barqūq	بُرْقُوق‎; بَرْقُوق burqūq‎; barqūq
nominative	بُرْقُوقٌ‎; بَرْقُوقٌ burqūqun‎; barqūqun	الْبُرْقُوقُ‎; الْبَرْقُوقُ al-burqūqu‎; al-barqūqu	بُرْقُوقُ‎; بَرْقُوقُ burqūqu‎; barqūqu
accusative	بُرْقُوقًا‎; بَرْقُوقًا burqūqan‎; barqūqan	الْبُرْقُوقَ‎; الْبَرْقُوقَ al-burqūqa‎; al-barqūqa	بُرْقُوقَ‎; بَرْقُوقَ burqūqa‎; barqūqa
genitive	بُرْقُوقٍ‎; بَرْقُوقٍ burqūqin‎; barqūqin	الْبُرْقُوقِ‎; الْبَرْقُوقِ al-burqūqi‎; al-barqūqi	بُرْقُوقِ‎; بَرْقُوقِ burqūqi‎; barqūqi
singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُرْقُوقَة‎; بَرْقُوقَة burqūqa‎; barqūqa	الْبُرْقُوقَة‎; الْبَرْقُوقَة al-burqūqa‎; al-barqūqa	بُرْقُوقَة‎; بَرْقُوقَة burqūqat‎; barqūqat
nominative	بُرْقُوقَةٌ‎; بَرْقُوقَةٌ burqūqatun‎; barqūqatun	الْبُرْقُوقَةُ‎; الْبَرْقُوقَةُ al-burqūqatu‎; al-barqūqatu	بُرْقُوقَةُ‎; بَرْقُوقَةُ burqūqatu‎; barqūqatu
accusative	بُرْقُوقَةً‎; بَرْقُوقَةً burqūqatan‎; barqūqatan	الْبُرْقُوقَةَ‎; الْبَرْقُوقَةَ al-burqūqata‎; al-barqūqata	بُرْقُوقَةَ‎; بَرْقُوقَةَ burqūqata‎; barqūqata
genitive	بُرْقُوقَةٍ‎; بَرْقُوقَةٍ burqūqatin‎; barqūqatin	الْبُرْقُوقَةِ‎; الْبَرْقُوقَةِ al-burqūqati‎; al-barqūqati	بُرْقُوقَةِ‎; بَرْقُوقَةِ burqūqati‎; barqūqati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُرْقُوقَتَيْن‎; بَرْقُوقَتَيْن burqūqatayn‎; barqūqatayn	الْبُرْقُوقَتَيْن‎; الْبَرْقُوقَتَيْن al-burqūqatayn‎; al-barqūqatayn	بُرْقُوقَتَيْ‎; بَرْقُوقَتَيْ burqūqatay‎; barqūqatay
nominative	بُرْقُوقَتَانِ‎; بَرْقُوقَتَانِ burqūqatāni‎; barqūqatāni	الْبُرْقُوقَتَانِ‎; الْبَرْقُوقَتَانِ al-burqūqatāni‎; al-barqūqatāni	بُرْقُوقَتَا‎; بَرْقُوقَتَا burqūqatā‎; barqūqatā
accusative	بُرْقُوقَتَيْنِ‎; بَرْقُوقَتَيْنِ burqūqatayni‎; barqūqatayni	الْبُرْقُوقَتَيْنِ‎; الْبَرْقُوقَتَيْنِ al-burqūqatayni‎; al-barqūqatayni	بُرْقُوقَتَيْ‎; بَرْقُوقَتَيْ burqūqatay‎; barqūqatay
genitive	بُرْقُوقَتَيْنِ‎; بَرْقُوقَتَيْنِ burqūqatayni‎; barqūqatayni	الْبُرْقُوقَتَيْنِ‎; الْبَرْقُوقَتَيْنِ al-burqūqatayni‎; al-barqūqatayni	بُرْقُوقَتَيْ‎; بَرْقُوقَتَيْ burqūqatay‎; barqūqatay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُرْقُوقَات‎; بَرْقُوقَات burqūqāt‎; barqūqāt	الْبُرْقُوقَات‎; الْبَرْقُوقَات al-burqūqāt‎; al-barqūqāt	بُرْقُوقَات‎; بَرْقُوقَات burqūqāt‎; barqūqāt
nominative	بُرْقُوقَاتٌ‎; بَرْقُوقَاتٌ burqūqātun‎; barqūqātun	الْبُرْقُوقَاتُ‎; الْبَرْقُوقَاتُ al-burqūqātu‎; al-barqūqātu	بُرْقُوقَاتُ‎; بَرْقُوقَاتُ burqūqātu‎; barqūqātu
accusative	بُرْقُوقَاتٍ‎; بَرْقُوقَاتٍ burqūqātin‎; barqūqātin	الْبُرْقُوقَاتِ‎; الْبَرْقُوقَاتِ al-burqūqāti‎; al-barqūqāti	بُرْقُوقَاتِ‎; بَرْقُوقَاتِ burqūqāti‎; barqūqāti
genitive	بُرْقُوقَاتٍ‎; بَرْقُوقَاتٍ burqūqātin‎; barqūqātin	الْبُرْقُوقَاتِ‎; الْبَرْقُوقَاتِ al-burqūqāti‎; al-barqūqāti	بُرْقُوقَاتِ‎; بَرْقُوقَاتِ burqūqāti‎; barqūqāti

Descendants

• Andalusian Arabic: برْقوق (barqúq)
• Maltese: berquq
• Moroccan Arabic: برقوق (barqūq)
• South Levantine Arabic: برقوق (barʔūʔ)
• → Middle Armenian: պարկուկ (parkuk)
  • Armenian: պարկուկ (parkuk), պառկուկ (paṙkuk)
• → Sicilian: barcocu, varcocu, bbarcocu

From البرقوق (al-barqūq, “the plum”):

• Andalusian Arabic: البرقوق (albarqúq)
  • → Asturian: albaricoque, albaricoca
  • → Catalan: albercoc (see there for further descendants)
  • → Galician: albaricoque
  • → Portuguese: albricoque
  • → Spanish: albaricoque
    • → Quechua: albarikuki
    • → Tagalog: albarikoke
• → Italian: albicocca

References

• Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2010), Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 501–507
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 139
• Löw, Immanuel (1881), Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, →DOI, page 150
• “abricot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “برقوق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-

Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti

Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō

Latin coquō

Latin praecoquō

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Latin -s

Latin praecoquus

Latin praecoquumder.

Byzantine Greek βερίκοκκον (beríkokkon)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Byzantine Greek -ία (-ía)

Byzantine Greek βερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkĭ́ā)der.

Classical Syriac ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܐ (barqūqā)bor.

Arabic بَرْقُوق (barqūq)

Moroccan Arabic برقوق

Inherited from Arabic بَرْقُوق (barqūq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.quːq/

Noun

برقوق • (barqūq) m (collective, singulative برقوقة f (barqūqa), paucal برقوقات (barqūqāt))

1. plums

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-

Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti

Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō

Latin coquō

Latin praecoquō

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Latin -s

Latin praecoquus

Latin praecoquumder.

Byzantine Greek βερίκοκκον (beríkokkon)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Byzantine Greek -ία (-ía)

Byzantine Greek βερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkĭ́ā)der.

Classical Syriac ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܐ (barqūqā)bor.

Arabic بَرْقُوق (barqūq)

South Levantine Arabic برقوق

Inherited from Arabic بَرْقُوق (barqūq).

Pronunciation

• (Urban) IPA^(key): /bar.ʔuːʔ/
• (Bedouin) IPA^(key): /bar.ɡuːɡ/

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Noun

برقوق • (barʔūʔ) m (collective, singulative برقوقة f (barʔūʔa), paucal برقوقات (barʔūʔāt))

1. (uncountable) plums

   Synonyms: (regional) خوخ (ḵōḵ), (Galilee) بروميا (brūmya)

   حبة برقوق / برقوقة ― ḥabbet barʔūʔ / barʔūʔa ― a plum