Arabic

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Root
س ر ق (s r q)
5 terms

Etymology 1

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Verb

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سَارَقَ (sāraqa) III (non-past يُسَارِقُ (yusāriqu), verbal noun مُسَارَقَة (musāraqa))

  1. to wiretap
  2. (figuratively) to steal (in certain expressions):
    سَارَقَ النَظَرَ إِلَيْهَاsāraqa an-naẓara ʔilayhāhe glanced furtively at her (literally, “he stole the glance at her”)
    سَارَقَ النَوْمَsāraqa an-nawmahe took a short nap (literally, “he stole the sleep”)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Derived from the active participle of سَرَقَ (saraqa, to steal). Compare Akkadian 𒇽𒅎𒍪 (šarrāqum, thief).

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Noun

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سَارِق (sāriqm (plural سَارِقُون (sāriqūn) or سَرَقَة (saraqa) or سُرَّاق (surrāq), feminine سَارِقَة (sāriqa))

  1. (law) thief, robber, stealer
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:38:
      وَٱلسَّارِقُ وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ فَٱقۡطَعُوٓاْ أَيۡدِيَهُمَا جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَٰلٗا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٞ
      The male thief and the female thief, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent from Allah. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَارِق (sāriq).

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Readings
Classical reading? sāriq
Dari reading? sāriq
Iranian reading? sâreğ
Tajik reading? soriq

Noun

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سارق (sâreq) (plural سارقین (sâreqin))

  1. thief, robber
    Synonym: دزد (dozd)
    مرگ یک سارق در حین دزدی
    marg-e yek sâreq dar hin-e dozdi
    death of a robber while committing robbery