See also: برف and ترف

Arabic edit

 
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بَرْق
السَّمَاءُ تَبْرُقُ

Etymology edit

From the root ب ر ق (b-r-q). From Proto-Semitic *baraḳ- (lightning), although Fronzaroli states that the noun "lightning" may be a deverbal form, in which case only the verb would be inherited.

Pronunciation edit

  • (verb, without mode ending)
    (file)
  • IPA(key): /ba.ra.qa/
  • IPA(key): /barq/

Verb edit

بَرَقَ (baraqa) I, non-past يَبْرُقُ‎ (yabruqu)

  1. to produce lightning
  2. to shine, to glitter, to sparkle, to flash

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

بَرْق (barqm (plural بُرُوق (burūq))

  1. verbal noun of بَرَقَ (baraqa) (form I)
  2. lightning
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:19-20:
      أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ [] ۝ يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَا أَضَاءَ لَهُمْ مَشَوْا فِيهِ وَإِذَا أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. flash of lightning
  4. telegraph

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Hijazi Arabic: برق (barg)
  • Maltese: beraq
  • Moroccan Arabic: برق (barq)
  • South Levantine Arabic: برق (barq)
  • Ottoman Turkish: برق (berk)
  • Persian: برق (barq)

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ب ر ق
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic بَرْق (barq).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

برق (bargm (plural بروق (burūg))

  1. lightning

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Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic بَرْق (barq).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

برق (barqm (plural بروق (brūq) or بروقة (brūqa), diminutive بريق (briyyiq))

  1. lightning

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Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic بَرْق (barq).

Noun edit

برق (berk)

  1. lightning
    Synonym: شمشك (şimşek)

Descendants edit

Persian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Arabic بَرْق (barq).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? barq
Dari reading? barq
Iranian reading? barğ
Tajik reading? barq

Noun edit

Dari برق
Iranian Persian
Tajik барқ

برق (barq)

  1. electricity
    طلا هادی برق است.
    talâ hâdi-ye barq ast.
    Gold conducts electricity.
  2. lightning
    سگ از رعد و برق می‌ترسد.
    sag az ra'd o barq mi-tarsad.
    The dog is afraid of thunder and lightning.
    • c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 1012”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎[1]:
      برق را در خرمن مردم تماشا کرده است
      آن که پندارد که حال مردم دنیا خوش است؟
      barq râ dar xirman-i mardum tamâšâ karda ast
      ân ki pindârad ki hâl-i mardum-i dunyâ xwaš ast?
      Has he observed how the lightning strikes the haystack of Man [reducing it to ashes in a moment]—
      He who thinks that the state of Man in the mortal world is worthwhile?
      (Classical Persian romanization)
  3. (chiefly Dari) light (source of illumination)
    برق‌را داغ کن (Dari, more formal)
    barq-rā dāğ kun
    turn on the light
  4. brilliance, glint, flash, sparkle
  5. glaze, sheen

Derived terms edit

verbs
others

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ب ر ق
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic أبرَق.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ba.raʔ/, [ˈba.raʔ]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ba.raɡ/, [ˈba.raɡ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

برق (baraʔ) I (present ببرق (bibriʔ))

  1. (weather) to be stormy with lightning

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of برق (baraʔ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m برقت (baraʔt) برقت (baraʔt) برق (baraʔ) برقنا (baraʔna) برقتو (baraʔtu) برقو (baraʔu)
f برقتي (baraʔti) برقت (barʔat)
present m ببرق (babriʔ) بتبرق (btibriʔ) ببرق (bibriʔ) منبرق (mnibriʔ) بتبرقو (btibriʔu) ببرقو (bibriʔu)
f بتبرقي (btibriʔi) بتبرق (btibriʔ)
subjunctive m أبرق (ʔabriʔ) تبرق (tibriʔ) يبرق (yibriʔ) نبرق (nibriʔ) تبرقو (tibriʔu) يبرقو (yibriʔu)
f تبرقي (tibriʔi) تبرق (tibriʔ)
imperative m ابرق (ibriʔ) ابرقو (ibriʔu)
f ابرقي (ibriʔi)

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic بَرْق (barq).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

بَرْق (barqf (Hindi spelling बर्क़)

  1. electricity
    Synonym: بجلی (bijlī)
  2. lightning

Adjective edit

بَرْق (barq) (Hindi spelling बर्क़)

  1. quick, active, brisk, alert

References edit

  • برق”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • barq”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.