محرقة

Arabic

Root
ح ر ق (ḥ-r-q)

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ح ر ق (ḥ-r-q)

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /maħ.ra.qa/

Noun

مَحْرَقة • (maḥraqa) f (plural مَحارِق (maḥāriq) or مَحْرَقات (maḥraqāt))

1. a place of burning, fire
2. a mass destruction, scorched-earth policy, a massacre, now especially the Holocaust
3. Alternative form of مِحْرَقة (miḥraqa, “facility where something is burnt”)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /miħ.ra.qa/

Noun

مِحْرَقة • (miḥraqa) f (plural مَحارِق (maḥāriq) or مِحْرَقات (miḥraqāt))

1. a device for burning, a furnace
2. a facility where something is burnt, e.g. a crematorium or waste incinerator