عقرب

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See also: غفرت

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕaḳrab-. Compare Jewish Palestinian Aramaic עַקְרַבָּא (ʿaqraḇā), Classical Syriac ܥܶܩܰܪܒܳܐ (ʿeqarbā), Hebrew עַקְרָב (ʿaqrāḇ), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎖𐎗𐎁 (ʿqrb), Ge'ez ዐቅረብ (ʿäḳräb); attested as a Semitic word since Akkadian 𒀝𒊏𒁍 (aqrabu).

Pronunciation

Noun

عَقْرَب (ʕaqrabm (plural عَقَارِب (ʕaqārib))

  1. scorpion
    الْعَقْرَب (al-ʕaqrab, Scorpio)
  2. (astronomy) Scorpius, a constellation of the zodiac
  3. (astrology) Scorpio, the zodiac sign for the scorpion
  4. hour hand of a clock, so named from its ending in two prongs

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab).

Pronunciation

Noun

عقرب (ʕagrabm (plural عَقارِب (ʕagārib))

  1. scorpion
  2. (astrology) Scorpio, the zodiac sign for the scorpion
  3. hour hand of a clock, so named from its ending in two prongs

Khalaj

Noun

عَقرَب (aqrab) (definite accusative عَقرَبؽ, plural عَقرَبلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of aqrab (scorpion)

Declension

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab).

Pronunciation

Noun

عقرب (ʕaqrabm (plural عقارب (ʕqārib))

  1. scorpion

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab).

Noun

عقرب (ʿakreb) (plural عقارب (ʿakarib))

  1. scorpion, any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones
  2. (astronomy) Scorpius, a constellation of the zodiac
  3. (astrology) Scorpio, the zodiac sign for the scorpion
  4. hour hand of a clock, so named from its ending in two prongs

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab).

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? ağrab

Noun

Dari کژدم
Iranian Persian عقرب
Tajik каждум

عقرب ('aqrab) (plural عقرب‌ها ('aqrab-hâ))

  1. scorpion
    Synonym: کژدم (každom)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab).

Pronunciation

Noun

عقرب (ʕaqrabm (plural عقارب (ʕaqārib))

  1. scorpion
  2. (astrology) Scorpio

See also

Signs of the Zodiac · الأبراج (il-ʔabrāj)
الحمل (il-ḥamal, Aries) التور (it-tōr, Taurus) الجوزاء (il-jōzāʔ, Gemini) السرطان (is-saraṭān, Cancer)
الأسد (il-ʔasad, Leo) العذراء (il-ʕazrāʔ, Virgo) الميزان (il-mīzān, Libra) العقرب (il-ʕaqrab, Scorpio)
القوس (il-ʔōs, Sagittarius) الجدي (il-jidi, Capricorn) الدلو (id-dalu, Aquarius) الحوت (il-ḥūt, Pisces)