العراق

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ر ق (ʿ-r-q). It's one of the Arabic country names, which requires the definite article ال (al-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.ʕi.raːq/

Proper noun

الْعِرَاق (al-ʿirāq) m, f

  1. Iraq
  2. Origin

Usage notes

  • Unlike the majority of country names الْعِرَاق (al-ʿirāq) is usually a masculine, rarely feminine.

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), عرق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.