عقرب

See also: غفرت

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Hebrew עקרב ('akrav); attested as a Semitic word since Akkadian, see Aqrabuamelu.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaq.rab/

Noun

عَقْرَب (ʿaqrab) m (plural عَقَارِب (ʿaqārib))

  1. scorpion
    الْعَقْرَب (al-ʿaqrab, Scorpio)
  2. dial

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants


Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عقرب.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔæɣˈɾæb/

Noun

Dari Persian عقرب
Iranian Persian عقرب
Tajiki Persian ақраб (aqrab)

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

  1. scorpion

See also

References

  1. “Proto-Semitic root: *ʕaḳrab-; Number 2340” in Georgiy Starostin, Tower of Babel, Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin.
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