أزرق

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See also: ازرق, ارزق, and أرزق

Arabic

Etymology 1

Color or defect adjective from the root ز ر ق (z-r-q). Compare Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós) for the semantic development.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaz.raq/
  • (file)

Adjective

أَزْرَق (ʔazraq) (feminine زَرْقَاء (zarqāʔ), feminine dual زَرْقَاوَانِ (zarqāwāni), common plural زُرْق (zurq))

  1. (obsolete) flickering, glinting
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:102:
      وَنَحْشُرُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًا
      wanaḥšuru l-mujrimīna yawmaʔiḏin zurqan
      We will gather the delinquents that day glinting .
  2. blue, blue-coloured
Declension
Hypernyms

See also

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʔašyab)      رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʔaʕfar), رَصَاصِيّ (raṣāṣiyy)      أَسْوَد (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم (ʔadham)
             أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)              أَمْغَر (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل (ʔašhal)              أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy)
             لِيمِيّ (līmiyy)              أَخْضَر (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʔaḥwā)              نَعْنَاعِيّ (naʕnāʕiyy), زُمُرُّدِيّ‎ (zumurrudiyy)
             سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy)              لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy), بَحْرِيّ‎ (baḥriyy)              أَزْرَق (ʔazraq)
             بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ (nīliyy)              فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʔurjuwāniyy)              وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ (zahriyy)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أَزْرَقُّ (ʔazraqqu) (form IX)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of اِزْرَقَّ (izraqqa)

Verb

أَزْرَقَّ (ʔazraqqa) (form IX)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of اِزْرَقَّ (izraqqa)
  2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of اِزْرَقَّ (izraqqa)

Verb

أَزْرَقِّ (ʔazraqqi) (form IX)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of اِزْرَقَّ (izraqqa)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “أزرق”, 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 235
  • Müller, Juliane (2013) “Die Farben des Koran. Semantik und Funktion der koranischen Farbbezeichnungen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 163, pages 131–132

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic أَزْرَق (ʔazraq).

Pronunciation

Noun

أزرق (ʔazragm

  1. blue

Adjective

أزرق (ʔazrag) (feminine زرقا (zarga), common plural زرق (zurug))

  1. blue colored
See also
Colors in Hijazi Arabic · ألوان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     أبيض (ʔabyaḍ)      رمادي (ramādi)      أسود (ʔaswad)
             أحمر (ʔaḥmar); قرمزي (gurmuzi)              برتقالي (burtugāli); بُنّي (bunni)              أصفر (ʔaṣfar)
             فُسْتُقي (fustugi)              أخضر (ʔaḵḍar)             
             سماوي (samāwi)                           أزرق (ʔazrag)
             بنفسجي (banafsaji); نيلي (nīli)              فوشي (fūši); موف (mōf)/موفي (mōfi)              بمبه (bamba), زهري‎ (zahri)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

أَزَرِّق (ʔazarrig)

  1. first-person singular active present of زَرَّق (zarrag)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ز ر ق
1 term
بيوت زرقاblue houses

Etymology

From Arabic أَزْرَق (ʔazraq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔaz.raʔ/,
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ʔaz.raɡ/,
  • (file)

Adjective

أزرق (ʔazraʔ) (feminine زرقا (zarʔa), masculine plural زرق (zurʔ))

  1. blue

See also

Colors · الألوان (il-ʔalwān)
     أبيض (ʔabyaḍ, white)      أسود (ʔaswad, black)
          أحمر (ʔaḥmar, red), خمري (ḵamri, crimson)      رمادي (ramādi, grey), سكني (sakani, grey)
          بردقاني (burdʔāni, orange), بني (binni, brown)      أصفر (ʔaṣfar, yellow)
     أخضر (ʔaḵḍar, green)           أزرق (ʔazraʔ, blue), كحلي (kuḥli, navy)
     بنفسجي (banafsaji, violet), نهدي (nahdi, purple)      زهري (zahri, pink), ليلكي (lēlaki, lilac)