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

• → Middle Armenian: սակռ (sakṙ)
• → Spanish: sacro
  • → 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 (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 507
• Hehn, Victor; Schrader, Otto (1911) Kulturpflanzen und Haustiere in ihrem Übergang aus Asien nach Griechenland und Italien sowie in das übrige Europa‎^[1] (in German), 8^th edition, Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, page 382
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “صقر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1705–1706

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَقْر‎ (ṣaqr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaʔr/

Noun

صقر • (ṣaʔr) m, plural صقور‎ (ṣuʔūr)

1. falcon