زرقا

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zarɡa/

Noun

زرقا • (zarga) f

1. female equivalent of أزرق (ʔazrag)

Adjective

زَرْقا • (zarga) f

1. female equivalent of أزرق (ʔazrag)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَرْقَاء (zarqāʔ).

Adjective

زرقا • (zerkâ)

1. Arabic feminine singular and nonhuman plural of ازرق (ezrak, “blue”)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زرقا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1008