قرقس

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Arabic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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قِرْقِس (qirqism

  1. alternative form of جِرْجِس (jirjis, sealing earth; a kind of lunt or fuse from rope grass)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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قِرْقِس (qirqism (collective, singulative قِرْقِسَة f (qirqisa))

  1. alternative form of جِرْجِس (jirjis, any Nematocera insect; bimaculated lark)
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Etymology 3

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Through Coptic ⲡⲓⲕⲩⲣⲁⲝ (pikuraks) from Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax).

Noun

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قِرْقِس (qirqism (plural قَرَاقِس (qarāqis))

  1. (obsolete) the hook by which a bucket (قَادُوس (qādūs)) on a waterwheel is suspended
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