فرقة

Arabic

Etymology

From ف ر ق (f-r-q); compare فَرَقَ (faraqa, “to separate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fir.qa/

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Noun

فِرْقَة • (firqa) f (plural فِرَق (firaq) or فِرْقَات (firqāt))

1. part, portion
2. troop of people, number of men, distinct body
3. division, detachment, section, unit
4. party, group, band, company
5. sect
6. class
7. class (in school)
8. a separate herd
9. a portion of a thing in a state of dispersion

Declension

Derived terms

• فِرْقَة اَلْمَطَافِئ (firqat al-maṭāfiʔ, “fire brigade, fire department”)
• فِرْقَة اَلْإِطْفَاء (firqat al-ʔiṭfāʔ, “fire brigade, fire department”)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: فرقه (fırka)
  • Turkish: fırka
• → Persian: فرقه (ferqe)

Noun

فُرْقَة • (furqa) f

1. separation

Declension

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فرق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فرقة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “فرق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic فِرْقَة (firqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fir.ɡa/,

Noun

فرقة • (firga) f (plural فِرَق (firag) or فِرْقات (firgāt))

1. party, group, band, company

Etymology 2

From Arabic فُرْقَة (furqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fur.ɡa/,

Noun

فرقة • (furga) f

1. separation