Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ص ر خ (ṣ-r-ḵ)

Compare صَرَخَ (ṣaraḵa, to scream).

Noun edit

صَارُوخ (ṣārūḵm (plural صَوَارِيخ (ṣawārīḵ))

  1. rocket
  2. missile
    تَمَ تَطْوِيرُ هَذَا الصَّارُوخِ لِنَقْلِ الْأَقْمَارِ الصِّنَاعِيَّةِ إِلَى الْمَدَارِ.
    tama taṭwīru haḏā ṣ-ṣārūḵi linaqli l-ʔaqmāri ṣ-ṣināʕiyyati ʔilā l-madāri.
    This rocket was developed to transport satellites into orbit.
    قَامَت الدَّوْلَة بِتَجْرِبَةِ نَجَاحِ إِطْلاقِ صَارُوخِ بَالِيسْتِيِّ بِنَجَاحٍ.
    qāmat ad-dawla(t) bitajribati najāḥi ʔiṭlāqi ṣārūḵi bālīstiyyi binajāḥin.
    The country successfully tested the launch of a ballistic missile.
    اِسْتَخَدَمَ الْجَيْش الصَّارُوخَ كَوَسِيلَةٍ لِتَحْسِينِ الدِّفَاعِ الْوَطَنِيِّ.
    istaḵadama l-jayš aṣ-ṣārūḵa kawasīlatin litaḥsīni d-difāʕi l-waṭaniyyi.
    The military used the missile as a means to enhance national defense.

Declension edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صاروخ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN