زقاق

See also: رقاق, رفاق, and زفاف

Arabic

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /zu.qaːq/

Noun

زُقَاق • (zuqāq) m or f (plural أَزِقَّة (ʔaziqqa))

1. alley, lane, corridor

Declension

Declension of noun زُقَاق (zuqāq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُقَاق zuqāq	الزُّقَاق az-zuqāq	زُقَاق zuqāq
Nominative	زُقَاقٌ zuqāqun	الزُّقَاقُ az-zuqāqu	زُقَاقُ zuqāqu
Accusative	زُقَاقًا zuqāqan	الزُّقَاقَ az-zuqāqa	زُقَاقَ zuqāqa
Genitive	زُقَاقٍ zuqāqin	الزُّقَاقِ az-zuqāqi	زُقَاقِ zuqāqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُقَاقَيْن zuqāqayn	الزُّقَاقَيْن az-zuqāqayn	زُقَاقَيْ zuqāqay
Nominative	زُقَاقَانِ zuqāqāni	الزُّقَاقَانِ az-zuqāqāni	زُقَاقَا zuqāqā
Accusative	زُقَاقَيْنِ zuqāqayni	الزُّقَاقَيْنِ az-zuqāqayni	زُقَاقَيْ zuqāqay
Genitive	زُقَاقَيْنِ zuqāqayni	الزُّقَاقَيْنِ az-zuqāqayni	زُقَاقَيْ zuqāqay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَزِقَّة ʔaziqqa	الْأَزِقَّة al-ʔaziqqa	أَزِقَّة ʔaziqqat
Nominative	أَزِقَّةٌ ʔaziqqatun	الْأَزِقَّةُ al-ʔaziqqatu	أَزِقَّةُ ʔaziqqatu
Accusative	أَزِقَّةً ʔaziqqatan	الْأَزِقَّةَ al-ʔaziqqata	أَزِقَّةَ ʔaziqqata
Genitive	أَزِقَّةٍ ʔaziqqatin	الْأَزِقَّةِ al-ʔaziqqati	أَزِقَّةِ ʔaziqqati

Descendants

• Maltese: sqaq
• → Catalan: atzucac
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: zikak

• → Persian: زقاق (zoqâq)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سوقاق (sokak), صوقاق (sokak)
    • Turkish: sokak
    • → Armenian: սոխախ (soxax)
    • → Albanian: sokak
    • → Aromanian: sucachie
    • → Bulgarian: сока́к (sokák)
    • → Greek: σοκάκι (sokáki)
    • → Macedonian: сокак (sokak)
    • → Mariupol Greek: суха́х (suxáx)
    • → Romanian: socac
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: со̀ка̄к

      Latin script: sòkāk

References

• 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^[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, →ISBN, page 176

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic زُقَاق (zuqāq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu.ˈɡaːɡ/, [zʊ.ɡaːɡ]

Noun

زقاق • (zugāg) m (plural أزقة (ʔazigga))

1. alley
2. alleyway

See also

• طرْقة (ṭurga, “corridor”)
• سيب (sīb, “hallway, corridor”)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زُقَاق (zuqāq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zu.ˈqɑːq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zʊ.qɑ́ːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zʊ.qɑ́ːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zʊ.qɑ́ːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zu.qɔ́ːq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zo.ʁɒ́ːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zu.qɔ́q]

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

Noun

زقاق • (zoqâq)

1. street
2. lane

Synonyms

• خیابان
• کوچه

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: سوقاق (sokak), صوقاق (sokak)
  • Turkish: sokak
  • → Armenian: սոխախ (soxax)
  • → Albanian: sokak
  • → Aromanian: sucachie
  • → Bulgarian: сока́к (sokák)
  • → Greek: σοκάκι (sokáki)
  • → Macedonian: сокак (sokak)
  • → Mariupol Greek: суха́х (suxáx)
  • → Romanian: socac
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: со̀ка̄к

    Latin script: sòkāk