صقر

See also: صفر and ص ف ر

Arabic

Alternative forms

• صَاقُور (ṣāqūr), زَقْر (zaqr)

Etymology

Uncertain with possible connections:

• The root ص ق ر (ṣ q r) meaning "to rise high in elevation or temperature", "to boil or build up"; possibly derived onomatopoeically from a bird-of-prey's screeching cry or the screech of steam escaping. Related to Akkadian 𒁲 𒊑 (zaqāru, literally “to build high”); for more see ziggurat.
• Distantly related to Egyptian (zkr, “Sakar”) an important hawk-headed god of Saqqara, the main funerary site of the Ancient Egyptian capital Memphis. Itself being derived from varying etymologies; perhaps ultimately from a Proto-Afroasiatic root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaqr/

Noun

صَقْر • (ṣaqr) m (plural صُقُور (ṣuqūr))

1. falcon
2. (in the plural, politics) hawks

   الصقور — the hawks

Declension

Declension of noun صَقْر (ṣaqr)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صَقْر ṣaqr	الصَّقْر aṣ-ṣaqr	صَقْر ṣaqr
nominative	صَقْرٌ ṣaqrun	الصَّقْرُ aṣ-ṣaqru	صَقْرُ ṣaqru
accusative	صَقْرًا ṣaqran	الصَّقْرَ aṣ-ṣaqra	صَقْرَ ṣaqra
genitive	صَقْرٍ ṣaqrin	الصَّقْرِ aṣ-ṣaqri	صَقْرِ ṣaqri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صَقْرَيْن ṣaqrayn	الصَّقْرَيْن aṣ-ṣaqrayn	صَقْرَيْ ṣaqray
nominative	صَقْرَانِ ṣaqrāni	الصَّقْرَانِ aṣ-ṣaqrāni	صَقْرَا ṣaqrā
accusative	صَقْرَيْنِ ṣaqrayni	الصَّقْرَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaqrayni	صَقْرَيْ ṣaqray
genitive	صَقْرَيْنِ ṣaqrayni	الصَّقْرَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaqrayni	صَقْرَيْ ṣaqray
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صُقُور ṣuqūr	الصُّقُور aṣ-ṣuqūr	صُقُور ṣuqūr
nominative	صُقُورٌ ṣuqūrun	الصُّقُورُ aṣ-ṣuqūru	صُقُورُ ṣuqūru
accusative	صُقُورًا ṣuqūran	الصُّقُورَ aṣ-ṣuqūra	صُقُورَ ṣuqūra
genitive	صُقُورٍ ṣuqūrin	الصُّقُورِ aṣ-ṣuqūri	صُقُورِ ṣuqūri

Descendants

• Maltese: seqer
• → Middle Armenian: սակռ (sakṙ)
• → Spanish: sacre
  • → French: sacre
    • → English: saker

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 115–116
• Freytag, Georg (1833), “صقر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 507
• Hehn, Victor with Schrader, Otto (1911), Kulturpflanzen und Haustiere in ihrem Übergang aus Asien nach Griechenland und Italien sowie in das übrige Europa‎^[2] (in German), 8^th edition, Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, page 382
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “صقر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1705–1706.

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَقْر (ṣaqr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaʔr/

Noun

صقر • (ṣaʔr) m (plural صقور (ṣuʔūr))

1. falcon

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَقْر (ṣaqr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤa.ɡir/, /sˤa.ɡur/

Noun

صَقِر or صَقُر • (ṣagir or ṣagur) m (construct state صَقْر (ṣagr), plural صُقور (ṣugūr))

1. falcon