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Arabic
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing: compare Persian جوخ (jawx, “troop”) and the Old Armenian loanword ջոկ (ǰok).[1][2][3]
Noun
جَوْقَة • (jawqa) f (plural جَوْقَات (jawqāt))
- group, troop, bracket, party
- (theater, opera) ensemble, choir, chorus, orchestra, troupe, band
Declension
Declension of noun جَوْقَة (jawqa)
References
- ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جوق”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 378
- ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 232
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ջոկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 130ab
Further reading
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “جوقة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 235
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “جوقة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 326
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “جوقة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 357
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “جوقة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 176
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جوقة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 218–219
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic جَوْقَة (jawqa).
Pronunciation
Noun
جَوقة or جُوقة • (jawqa or jūqa) f (plural جواق (jwāq))
- group of people
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