Arabic edit

 
زَوْرَق
 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian زورق (zowraq, skiff, lake-boat).

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Noun edit

زَوْرَق (zawraqm (plural زَوَارِق (zawāriq))

  1. boat, dinghy, skiff

Declension edit

References edit

  • زورق” in Almaany
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زورق”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 536

Persian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Middle Persian *zōwrak. Maybe cognate with Latin galea (helmet).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? zawraq
Dari reading? zawraq
Iranian reading? zowrağ
Tajik reading? zavraq

Noun edit

زورق (zowraq)

  1. skiff, lake-boat, boat
  2. helmet