زورق

Arabic

زَوْرَق‎‎

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زورق (zowraq, “skiff, lake-boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaw.raq/

Noun

زَوْرَق‎‎ • (zawraq) m (plural زَوَارِق (zawāriq))

1. boat, dinghy, skiff

Declension

Declension of noun زَوْرَق‎‎ (zawraq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَوْرَق‎‎ zawraq	الزَّوْرَق‎‎ az-zawraq	زَوْرَق‎‎ zawraq
Nominative	زَوْرَق‎‎ٌ zawraqun	الزَّوْرَق‎‎ُ az-zawraqu	زَوْرَق‎‎ُ zawraqu
Accusative	زَوْرَق‎‎ًا zawraqan	الزَّوْرَق‎‎َ az-zawraqa	زَوْرَق‎‎َ zawraqa
Genitive	زَوْرَق‎‎ٍ zawraqin	الزَّوْرَق‎‎ِ az-zawraqi	زَوْرَق‎‎ِ zawraqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَوْرَق‎‎َيْن zawraqayn	الزَّوْرَق‎‎َيْن az-zawraqayn	زَوْرَق‎‎َيْ zawraqay
Nominative	زَوْرَق‎‎َانِ zawraqāni	الزَّوْرَق‎‎َانِ az-zawraqāni	زَوْرَق‎‎َا zawraqā
Accusative	زَوْرَق‎‎َيْنِ zawraqayni	الزَّوْرَق‎‎َيْنِ az-zawraqayni	زَوْرَق‎‎َيْ zawraqay
Genitive	زَوْرَق‎‎َيْنِ zawraqayni	الزَّوْرَق‎‎َيْنِ az-zawraqayni	زَوْرَق‎‎َيْ zawraqay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَوَارِق zawāriq	الزَّوَارِق az-zawāriq	زَوَارِق zawāriq
Nominative	زَوَارِقُ zawāriqu	الزَّوَارِقُ az-zawāriqu	زَوَارِقُ zawāriqu
Accusative	زَوَارِقَ zawāriqa	الزَّوَارِقَ az-zawāriqa	زَوَارِقَ zawāriqa
Genitive	زَوَارِقَ zawāriqa	الزَّوَارِقِ az-zawāriqi	زَوَارِقِ zawāriqi

References

• “زورق” in Almaany
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زورق”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 536

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian *zōwrak. Maybe cognate with Latin galea (“helmet”)

Noun

زورق • (zowraq)

1. skiff, lake-boat, boat
2. helmet