ورق

Arabic

Root
و ر ق (w-r-q)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *waraḳ- (“leaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.raq/

• Audio

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Noun

وَرَق • (waraq) m (collective, singulative وَرَقَة f (waraqa), plural أَوْرَاق (ʔawrāq))

1. foliage, leaves
2. paper
3. paper money, banknotes
4. sheet metal

Declension

Declension of noun وَرَق (waraq)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَرَق waraq	الْوَرَق al-waraq	وَرَق waraq
Nominative	وَرَقٌ waraqun	الْوَرَقُ al-waraqu	وَرَقُ waraqu
Accusative	وَرَقًا waraqan	الْوَرَقَ al-waraqa	وَرَقَ waraqa
Genitive	وَرَقٍ waraqin	الْوَرَقِ al-waraqi	وَرَقِ waraqi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَرَقَة waraqa	الْوَرَقَة al-waraqa	وَرَقَة waraqat
Nominative	وَرَقَةٌ waraqatun	الْوَرَقَةُ al-waraqatu	وَرَقَةُ waraqatu
Accusative	وَرَقَةً waraqatan	الْوَرَقَةَ al-waraqata	وَرَقَةَ waraqata
Genitive	وَرَقَةٍ waraqatin	الْوَرَقَةِ al-waraqati	وَرَقَةِ waraqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَرَقَتَيْن waraqatayn	الْوَرَقَتَيْن al-waraqatayn	وَرَقَتَيْ waraqatay
Nominative	وَرَقَتَانِ waraqatāni	الْوَرَقَتَانِ al-waraqatāni	وَرَقَتَا waraqatā
Accusative	وَرَقَتَيْنِ waraqatayni	الْوَرَقَتَيْنِ al-waraqatayni	وَرَقَتَيْ waraqatay
Genitive	وَرَقَتَيْنِ waraqatayni	الْوَرَقَتَيْنِ al-waraqatayni	وَرَقَتَيْ waraqatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَرَقَات waraqāt	الْوَرَقَات al-waraqāt	وَرَقَات waraqāt
Nominative	وَرَقَاتٌ waraqātun	الْوَرَقَاتُ al-waraqātu	وَرَقَاتُ waraqātu
Accusative	وَرَقَاتٍ waraqātin	الْوَرَقَاتِ al-waraqāti	وَرَقَاتِ waraqāti
Genitive	وَرَقَاتٍ waraqātin	الْوَرَقَاتِ al-waraqāti	وَرَقَاتِ waraqāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَوْرَاق ʔawrāq	الْأَوْرَاق al-ʔawrāq	أَوْرَاق ʔawrāq
Nominative	أَوْرَاقٌ ʔawrāqun	الْأَوْرَاقُ al-ʔawrāqu	أَوْرَاقُ ʔawrāqu
Accusative	أَوْرَاقًا ʔawrāqan	الْأَوْرَاقَ al-ʔawrāqa	أَوْرَاقَ ʔawrāqa
Genitive	أَوْرَاقٍ ʔawrāqin	الْأَوْرَاقِ al-ʔawrāqi	أَوْرَاقِ ʔawrāqi

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: ورق (waraʔ)
• Hijazi Arabic: وَرَق (warag)
• Maltese: weraq
• → Afar: warkat
• → Azerbaijani: vərəq
• → Georgian: ვარაყი (varaq̇i)
• → Kazakh: парақ (paraq)
• → Kyrgyz: барак (barak)
• → Malay: warkah, warkat
• → Ottoman Turkish: ورق (varaḳ)

  → Turkish: varak

• → Persian: ورق (varaq), ورقه (varaqe)
• → Punjabi: ਵਰਕ (varak)
• → Somali: warqad
• → Spanish: ataurique
• → Uyghur: ۋاراق (waraq)
• → Uzbek: varaq

Hijazi Arabic

Root
و ر ق
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَرَق (waraq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.raɡ/

Noun

ورق • (warag) m (collective, singulative وَرَقة f (waraga), plural أَوْراق (ʔawrāg))

1. foliage, leaves
2. paper

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic وَرَق (waraq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wa.ɾaq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.ɾäq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.ɾäq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wä.ɾäq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wä.ɾäq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.ɹæɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.ɾäq]

Readings
Classical reading?	waraq
Dari reading?	waraq
Iranian reading?	varağ
Tajik reading?	varaq

Noun

ورق • (varaq)

1. leaf (of a tree or book)
2. sheet
3. playing card

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ر ق
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَرَق (waraq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /wa.raʔ/, [ˈwɑ.rˤɑʔ]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /wa.raɡ/, [ˈwɑ.rˤɑɡ]

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Noun

ورق • (waraʔ) m (collective, singulative ورقة f (waraʔa), plural أوراق (ʔawrāʔ))

1. (uncountable) foliage, leaves
2. paper