زاؤوق
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
An Aramaic variant form — unattested there like the sources of شَاقُول (šāqūl, “plumb line”), كَافُور (kāfūr), سَاهُور (sāhūr, “sheath of the moon after a saros”) etc. bearing the same pattern — modified from the one which is the source of زِئْبَق (ziʔbaq, “mercury, quicksilver”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
زَاؤُوق • (zāʔūq) m
- mercury (element), quicksilver
- Synonym: زِئْبَق (ziʔbaq)