زاؤوق

Arabic

Etymology

An Aramaic variant form — unattested there like the sources of شَاقُول (šāqūl, “plumb line”), كَافُور (kāfūr), سَاهُور (sāhūr, “sheath of the moon after a saros”) etc. bearing the same pattern — modified from the one which is the source of زِئْبَق (ziʔbaq, “mercury, quicksilver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaː.ʔuːq/

Noun

زَاؤُوق • (zāʔūq) m

1. mercury (element), quicksilver

   Synonym: زِئْبَق (ziʔbaq)

Descendants

• Andalusian Arabic: زوق (zawq)
  • → Galician: azougue
  • → Portuguese: azougue
  • → Spanish: azogue
• Moroccan Arabic: زاوق (zāwiq)