عقيق

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Arabic

عَقِيق

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Root
ع ق ق (ʕ q q)
1 term

Noun

عَقِيق (ʕaqīqm (plural أَعِقَّة (ʔaʕiqqa))

  1. ravine, canyon, kloof
Declension

Etymology 2

عَقِيق
 عقيق on Arabic Wikipedia

From Aramaic עקיק, unless both are from a third source.

Noun

عَقِيق (ʕaqīqm (collective, singulative عَقِيقَة f (ʕaqīqa), plural عَقَائِق (ʕaqāʔiq))

  1. agate
  2. carnelian
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: əqiq
  • Kazakh: ақық (aqyq)
  • Malay: akik
  • Sundanese: angkik
  • Ottoman Turkish: عقیق (akik)
  • Persian: عقیق ('aqiq)

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 61–62
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “عقيق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 189

Hijazi Arabic

عَقِيق

Etymology

From Arabic عَقِيق (ʕaqīq).

Pronunciation

Noun

عقيق (ʕagīgm (plural عَقَايق (ʕagāyig))

  1. agate
  2. carnelian

Malay

Noun

عقيق (plural عقيق-عقيق or عقيق۲, informal 1st possessive عقيقکو, 2nd possessive عقيقمو, 3rd possessive عقيقڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of akik