Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

بُرُوق (burūqpl

  1. plural of بَرْق (barq)

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

بُرُوق (burūqm

  1. verbal noun of بَرَقَ (baraqa) (form I)
Declension edit

Etymology 3 edit

 
بَرْوَق

From Aramaic ברוק (bārōq, yellow, pale, sickly looking) so-called from its appearance; grayish colored leaves and yellowish flowers, which suggest the gloom of the underworld and the pallor of death. Note also بَارُوق (bārūq, white lead) apparently from the same form.

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

بَرْوَق (barwaqm

  1. kingspear (Asphodelus, especially Asphodelus tenuifolius)
    Synonym: سِرِيش (sirīš)
Declension edit

References edit

  •   بروق on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 288

Malay edit

Noun edit

بروق (plural بروق-بروق or بروق۲, informal 1st possessive بروقکو, 2nd possessive بروقمو, 3rd possessive بروقڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of beruk