برق

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See also: برف and ترف

Arabic

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بَرْق
السَّمَاءُ تَبْرُقُ

Etymology

From the root ب ر ق (b-r-q). From Proto-Semitic *baraḳ- (lightning), although Fronzaroli states that the noun "lightning" may be a deverbal form, in which case only the verb would be inherited.

Pronunciation

  • Audio; بَرَق (baraq, verb, without final vowel):(file)
  • IPA(key): /ba.ra.qa/
  • IPA(key): /barq/

Verb

بَرَقَ (baraqa) I (non-past يَبْرُقُ (yabruqu), verbal noun بُرُوق (burūq) or بَرِيق (barīq) or بَرْق (barq) or بَرَقَان (baraqān))

  1. to produce lightning
  2. to shine, to glitter, to sparkle, to flash

Conjugation

Noun

بَرْق (barqm (plural بُرُوق (burūq))

  1. verbal noun of بَرَقَ (baraqa) (form I)
  2. lightning
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:19-20:
      أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ [] ۝ يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَا أَضَاءَ لَهُمْ مَشَوْا فِيهِ وَإِذَا أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا
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  3. flash of lightning
  4. telegraph

Declension

Descendants

  • Hijazi Arabic: برق (barg)
  • Maltese: beraq
  • Moroccan Arabic: برق (barq)
  • South Levantine Arabic: برق (barq)
  • Ottoman Turkish: برق (berk)
  • Persian: برق (barq)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ب ر ق
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَرْق (barq).

Pronunciation

Noun

برق (bargm (plural بروق (burūg))

  1. lightning

See also

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بَرْق (barq).

Pronunciation

Noun

برق (barqm (plural بروق (brūq) or بروقة (brūqa), diminutive بريق (briyyiq))

  1. lightning

See also

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic بَرْق (barq).

Noun

برق (berk)

  1. lightning
    Synonym: شمشك (şimşek)

Descendants

Persian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَرْق (barq).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? barq
Dari reading? barq
Iranian reading? barğ
Tajik reading? barq

Noun

Dari برق
Iranian Persian
Tajik барқ

برق (barq)

  1. electricity
    طلا هادی برق است.
    talâ hâdi-ye barq ast.
    Gold conducts electricity.
  2. lightning
    سگ از رعد و برق می‌ترسد.
    sag az ra'd o barq mi-tarsad.
    The dog is afraid of thunder and lightning.
    • c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 1012”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎:
      برق را در خرمن مردم تماشا کرده است
      آن که پندارد که حال مردم دنیا خوش است؟
      barq rā dar xirman-i mardum tamāšā karda ast
      ān ki pindārad ki hāl-i mardum-i dunyā xwaš ast?
      Has he observed how the lightning strikes the haystack of Man —
      He who thinks that the state of Man in the mortal world is worthwhile?
      (Classical Persian romanization)
  3. (chiefly Dari) electric light (source of illumination)
    برق را داغ کن (Dari, more formal)
    barq rā dāğ kun
    turn on the light
  4. brilliance, glint, flash, sparkle
    • c. 1649, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “On the conquest of Qandahār and praise of Shah ʿAbbās II”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎:
      از برق تیغ و خنجر بی زینهار شد
      در فوج خصم هر علم انگشت زینهار
      az barq-i tēğ u xanjar bē zēnhār šud
      dar fawj-i xasm har alam angušt-i zēnhār
      Without warning, due to the flash of swords and daggers,
      Every flag in the enemy host became a finger warning.
      (Classical Persian romanization)
  5. glaze, sheen

Derived terms

verbs
others

References

  1. ^ Miller, Corey, Livingston, Jace, Vinson, Mark, Triebwasser Prado, Thomas (2014) Persian Dialects: As Spoken in Iran, University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, page 14:Peisikov (1960, section 25) notes several words with /r/ in the standard language that can be pronounced with /l/ in Tehrani: دیوار 'wall' /dival/, برق 'electricity' /bälɣ/, سوراخ 'hole' /sulax/.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ر ق
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic أبرَق.

Pronunciation

Verb

برق (baraʔ) I (present ببرق (bibriʔ))

  1. (weather) to be stormy with lightning

Conjugation

    Conjugation of برق (baraʔ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m برقت (baraʔt) برقت (baraʔt) برق (baraʔ) برقنا (baraʔna) برقتو (baraʔtu) برقو (baraʔu)
f برقتي (baraʔti) برقت (barʔat)
present m ببرق (babriʔ) بتبرق (btibriʔ) ببرق (bibriʔ) منبرق (mnibriʔ) بتبرقو (btibriʔu) ببرقو (bibriʔu)
f بتبرقي (btibriʔi) بتبرق (btibriʔ)
subjunctive m أبرق (ʔabriʔ) تبرق (tibriʔ) يبرق (yibriʔ) نبرق (nibriʔ) تبرقو (tibriʔu) يبرقو (yibriʔu)
f تبرقي (tibriʔi) تبرق (tibriʔ)
imperative m ابرق (ibriʔ) ابرقو (ibriʔu)
f ابرقي (ibriʔi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَرْق (barq).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَرْق (barqf (Hindi spelling बर्क़)

  1. electricity
    Synonym: بجلی (bijlī)
  2. lightning

Adjective

بَرْق (barq) (Hindi spelling बर्क़)

  1. quick, active, brisk, alert

References

  • برق”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • barq”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.