صقر

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See also: صفر, and ص ف ر

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain with possible connections:

  • The root ص ق ر (ṣ-q-r) meaning "to rise high in elevation or temperature", "to boil or build up"; possibly derived onomatopoeically from a bird-of-prey's screeching cry or the screech of steam escaping. Related to Akkadian 𒁲 𒊑 (zaqāru, literally to build high); for more see ziggurat.
  • Distantly related to Egyptian
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    (zkr, Sakar) an important hawk-headed god of Saqqara, the main funerary site of the Ancient Egyptian capital Memphis. Itself being derived from varying etymologies; perhaps ultimately from a Proto-Afroasiatic root.

Pronunciation

Noun

صَقْر (ṣaqrm (plural صُقُور (ṣuqūr))

  1. falcon
  2. (in the plural, politics) hawks
    الصقورthe hawks

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: սակռ (sakṙ)
  • Spanish: sacre

References

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَقْر (ṣaqr).

Pronunciation

Noun

صقر (ṣaʔrm (plural صقور (ṣuʔūr))

  1. falcon

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَقْر (ṣaqr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤa.ɡir/, /sˤa.ɡur/

Noun

صَقِر or صَقُر (ṣagir or ṣagurm (construct state صَقْر (ṣagr), plural صُقور (ṣugūr))

  1. falcon