زقاق

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See also: رقاق, رفاق, and زفاف

Arabic

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Etymology

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With progressive dissimilation in voicedness (compare for this phenomenon in a like measure رُزْدَاق (ruzdāq) and قَتَاد (qatād)) from Aramaic 𐡔𐡒𐡒𐡀 / 𐡵𐡳𐡳𐡠 / שְׁקָקָא / ܫܩܳܩܳܐ (šəqāqā), from Akkadian 𒋢𒋡𒄣𒌑 (su-qa-qu-u₂ /⁠suqāqu⁠/), which is the diminutive of the same word as present in سُوق (sūq).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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زُقَاق (zuqāqm or f (plural أَزِقَّة (ʔaziqqa))

  1. alley, lane, corridor

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎[1], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, pages 93–94
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “زقاق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1238
  • Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007) “sucáḱé”, in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот [Turskite elementi vo aromanskiot]‎[3], put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите [Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite], →ISBN, page 176

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic زُقَاق (zuqāq).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zu.ˈɡaːɡ/, [zʊ.ɡaːɡ]

Noun

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زقاق (zugāgm (plural أزقة (ʔazigga))

  1. alley
  2. alleyway

See also

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic زُقَاق (zuqāq).

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Readings
Classical reading? zuqāq
Dari reading? zuqāq
Iranian reading? zoğâğ
Tajik reading? zuqoq

Noun

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زقاق (zoqâq)

  1. street
  2. lane

Synonyms

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Descendants

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