See also: العراق and عراف

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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عِرَاق (ʕirāqm

  1. only used in العِرَاق (al-ʕirāq, Iraq)
  2. only used in عِرَاق الْعَجَم (ʕirāq al-ʕajam)
  3. only used in عِرَاق الْعَرَب (ʕirāq al-ʕarab)
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Etymology 2

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Root
ع ر ق (ʕ r q)
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Noun

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عِرَاق (ʕirāqm (plural عُرُق (ʕuruq) or أَعْرِقَة (ʔaʕriqa)) (Classical Arabic)

  1. a double suture that is at the lower end of a waterskin (مَزَادَة (mazāda) or قِرْبَة (qirba)) or eating mat (سُفْرَة (sufra))
  2. shore, coast, any region or area (of a whole country or a mere rivulet in a garden) adjacent to water as opposed to another one
    • 850–861, علي بن سهل ربن الطبري [ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī], edited by Oliver Kahl, ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī’s Health Regimen or “Book of the Pearl” كتاب اللؤلؤة (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 115), Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →ISBN, § 97, page 116:
      ومثل الألبان والرواصيل والبليلج فإنها غذاء لأهل الجبال وسم لأهل العراق
      And likewise, milk and confitures and myrobalans are food for mountain dwellers and poison for shore people.
  3. the circuit or surrounding edge of the ear
  4. the fore part and hinder part of the saddle of a horse
  5. the court or yard extending from the sides of the house
  6. pace, rate of going
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Noun

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عُرَاق (ʕurāqm (Classical Arabic)

  1. clear water
  2. copious rain
  3. a picked bone, the fleshmeat of bone
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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq, Iraq).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? irāq
Dari reading? irāq
Iranian reading? erâğ
Tajik reading? iroq

Proper noun

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Dari عراق
Iranian Persian
Tajik Ироқ

عِراق ('erâq)

  1. Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
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References

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  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عراق”, in New Persian–English dictionary, volume 2, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 350

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian عِراق ('irāq), from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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عِراق ('irāqm (Hindi spelling इराक़)

  1. Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
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