مراغة

See also: مراغه

Arabic

Root
ر و غ (r w ḡ)
4 terms

Etymology

A noun of place given during Islamicization (outgoing Umayyad era) from رَاغَ (rāḡa, “to swerve, to approach furtively, to turn for address or giving food etc.”), or أَرَاغَ (ʔarāḡa, “to search; to desire (said of camels)”), referring to animals lying in the mud in which they wallow (تَرَوَّغَ (tarawwaḡa, form V)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.raː.ɣa/

Proper noun

مَرَاغَة • (marāḡa) f

1. Maragheh (a city in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran)
2. Maragheh County (a county of East Azerbaijan Province, Iran) (مُقَاطَعَة مَرَاغَة (muqāṭaʕa marāḡā))
3. Maragheh (a village in Fariman County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran)
4. Maragheh (a village in Esfarayen County, North Khorasan Province, Iran)

Declension

Declension of noun مَرَاغَة (marāḡa)

Singular	singular diptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	مَرَاغَة marāḡa	—
Nominative	—	مَرَاغَةُ marāḡatu	—
Accusative	—	مَرَاغَةَ marāḡata	—
Genitive	—	مَرَاغَةَ marāḡata	—