برقوق

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Arabic

برقوق

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܐ (barqūqā), ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܝܳܐ (barqūqāyā), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkíā, apricot tree), from Ancient Greek πραικόκῐον (praikókion), from Late Latin (persica) praecocia (literally early-ripe (peaches)), (mālum) praecoquum (literally early-ripe (apple)), from Latin praecox (early-ripe).

Pronunciation

  • (most common) IPA(key): /bar.quːq/
  • (classicized) IPA(key): /bur.quːq/

Noun

بُرْقُوق or بَرْقُوق (burqūq or barqūqm (collective, singulative بُرْقُوقَة f (burqūqa) or بَرْقُوقَة (barqūqa))

  1. plum, plums
    Synonyms: (Syria, Jordania, Oman) خَوْخ (ḵawḵ), (Al-Andalus, Iraq) إِجَّاص (ʔijjāṣ), (Tunisia, Libya, Al-Andalus) عَيْن الْبَقَر (ʕayn al-baqar), (Al-Andalus) عَبْقَر (ʕabqar)
  2. (West-Yemen, al-Andalus, Sicily, Mauritania, Western Sahara) apricot, apricots
    Synonym: (elsewhere) مِشْمِش (mišmiš)
  3. (Mauritania, Western Sahara) peach, peaches
    Synonyms: (general) خَوْخ (ḵawḵ), (Levant) دُرَّاق (durrāq), (Southwest Arabia, Al-Andalus) فِرْسِك (firsik)

Declension

Descendants

From البرقوق (al-barqūq, the plum):

References

  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 501–507
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 139
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 150
  • abricot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “برقوق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَرْقُوق (barqūq).

Pronunciation

Noun

برقوق (barqūqm (collective, singulative برقوقة f (barqūqa), paucal برقوقات (barqūqāt))

  1. plums

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَرْقُوق (barqūq).

Pronunciation

  • (Urban) IPA(key): /bar.ʔuːʔ/
  • (Bedouin) IPA(key): /bar.ɡuːɡ/
  • Audio (Bethlehem):(file)

Noun

برقوق (barʔūʔm (collective, singulative برقوقة f (barʔūʔa), paucal برقوقات (barʔūʔāt))

  1. (uncountable) plums
    Synonyms: (regional) خوخ (ḵōḵ), (Galilee) بروميا (brūmya)
    حبة برقوق / برقوقةḥabbet barʔūʔ / barʔūʔaa plum