بطارخ

Arabic

بُطَارِخ

Alternative forms

• بَطْرَخ (baṭraḵ), بَطْرُوخ (baṭrūḵ)

Etymology

From Coptic ⲡⲓⲧⲁⲣⲓⲭⲓⲟⲛ (pitarikhion), from Ancient Greek τάριχος (tárikhos), which has also been borrowed directly as طِرِّيخ (ṭirrīḵ). The alternative forms come from reinterpreting the present form as a broken plural.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.tˤaː.rix/, /ba.tˤaː.rix/.

Noun

بُطَارِخ or بَطَارِخ • (buṭāriḵ or baṭāriḵ) m

1. the roe of the flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus, بُورِيّ (būriyy)) and the sausage made thereof, bottarga

Declension

Declension of noun بُطَارِخ (buṭāriḵ); بَطَارِخ (baṭāriḵ)

singular	basic singular triptote; basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُطَارِخ; بَطَارِخ buṭāriḵ; baṭāriḵ	الْبُطَارِخ; الْبَطَارِخ al-buṭāriḵ; al-baṭāriḵ	بُطَارِخ; بَطَارِخ buṭāriḵ; baṭāriḵ
nominative	بُطَارِخٌ; بَطَارِخُ buṭāriḵun; baṭāriḵu	الْبُطَارِخُ; الْبَطَارِخُ al-buṭāriḵu; al-baṭāriḵu	بُطَارِخُ; بَطَارِخُ buṭāriḵu; baṭāriḵu
accusative	بُطَارِخًا; بَطَارِخَ buṭāriḵan; baṭāriḵa	الْبُطَارِخَ; الْبَطَارِخَ al-buṭāriḵa; al-baṭāriḵa	بُطَارِخَ; بَطَارِخَ buṭāriḵa; baṭāriḵa
genitive	بُطَارِخٍ; بَطَارِخَ buṭāriḵin; baṭāriḵa	الْبُطَارِخِ; الْبَطَارِخِ al-buṭāriḵi; al-baṭāriḵi	بُطَارِخِ; بَطَارِخِ buṭāriḵi; baṭāriḵi

Descendants

• → Vulgar Latin: *buttārica
  • Italian: bottarga, pottarga
    • → Catalan: botàriga
    • → English: bottarga
    • → German: Bottarga
    • → Maltese: putarga, puttarga, potarga, pitarga
    • → Medieval Latin: butarigus
    • → Serbo-Croatian: bùtārga / бу̀та̄рга
    • → Spanish: botarga
    • → Portuguese: butarga
  • Lombard: bottarda
  • Occitan: botarga, potarga
    • → English: botargo, puttargo
    • → French: botargue, boutargue, poutarge
      • → English: boutargue
  • Sardinian: butàriga, botàriga
  • Sicilian: buttàraca, vuttàraca, (Calabrian) vatàracu, ovatàricu
  • → Medieval Greek: βοτάρικο (botáriko)

References

• “بطارخ” in Almaany
• Lagarde, Paul de (1866), Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 48 Nr. 121
• Lagarde, Paul de (1877), Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, page 150 Nr. 2205
• Lagarde, Paul de (1887), Mittheilungen (in German), volume 2, Göttingen: Dieterichsche Sortimentsbuchhandlung, pages 12–15