جوقة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• جَوْق (jawq)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Persian جوخ (jawx, “troop”) and the Old Armenian loanword ջոկ (ǰok).

Noun

جَوْقَة • (jawqa) f (plural جَوْقَات (jawqāt))

1. group, troop, bracket, party
2. (theater, opera) ensemble, choir, chorus, orchestra, troupe, band

Declension

Declension of noun جَوْقَة (jawqa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوْقَة jawqa	الْجَوْقَة al-jawqa	جَوْقَة jawqat
Nominative	جَوْقَةٌ jawqatun	الْجَوْقَةُ al-jawqatu	جَوْقَةُ jawqatu
Accusative	جَوْقَةً jawqatan	الْجَوْقَةَ al-jawqata	جَوْقَةَ jawqata
Genitive	جَوْقَةٍ jawqatin	الْجَوْقَةِ al-jawqati	جَوْقَةِ jawqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوْقَتَيْن jawqatayn	الْجَوْقَتَيْن al-jawqatayn	جَوْقَتَيْ jawqatay
Nominative	جَوْقَتَانِ jawqatāni	الْجَوْقَتَانِ al-jawqatāni	جَوْقَتَا jawqatā
Accusative	جَوْقَتَيْنِ jawqatayni	الْجَوْقَتَيْنِ al-jawqatayni	جَوْقَتَيْ jawqatay
Genitive	جَوْقَتَيْنِ jawqatayni	الْجَوْقَتَيْنِ al-jawqatayni	جَوْقَتَيْ jawqatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَوْقَات jawqāt	الْجَوْقَات al-jawqāt	جَوْقَات jawqāt
Nominative	جَوْقَاتٌ jawqātun	الْجَوْقَاتُ al-jawqātu	جَوْقَاتُ jawqātu
Accusative	جَوْقَاتٍ jawqātin	الْجَوْقَاتِ al-jawqāti	جَوْقَاتِ jawqāti
Genitive	جَوْقَاتٍ jawqātin	الْجَوْقَاتِ al-jawqāti	جَوْقَاتِ jawqāti

Further reading

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “جوقة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 235
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “جوقة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 326
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “جوقة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 357
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “جوقة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 176
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “جوقة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 218–219

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَوْقَة (jawqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaw.qa/, /ʒuː.qa/

Noun

جَوقة or جُوقة • (jawqa or jūqa) f (plural جواق (jwāq))

1. group of people

See also

• جوق (jawq, jūq, “music group”)