مرقة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Compare Jewish Palestinian Aramaic מרקחתה (mrqḥtā, “a spiced dish”), in the absolute state מרקחה (mrqḥā), and Hebrew מִרְקַחַה (mirqaḥā, “spice seasoning, ointment, jam”), but also Hebrew מָרָק (mārāq, “soup, broth”), and finally the Phoenician loanword Ancient Greek ἀμόργη (amórgē, “amurca, dregs of oil”).

The forms mentioned at مَرَخَ (maraḵa, “to rub, to anoint”) and some meanings of the root formula م ر ق (m-r-q) related to maceration—though they have to be cautioned against as potentially denominal—vaguely seem to relate to the meaning of a broth or stock, however it is formally difficult to etiologize the term with these or any other root beginning with m, when accounting for the fuller forms in Aramaic and Hebrew, so that there rather has been a mi- prefixation in Northwest Semitic, although r-q-ḥ would appear to be an obscure root, which would require to postulate a deformation from another root (perhaps one relating to مَرَخَ (maraḵa)). A further marker is the variation مَرَقَة (maraqa), مَرَق (maraq), also مَرْقَة (marqa), مَرْق (marq), which seems to mirror the above expressed one of the Aramaic states. A viable root is then ר־ו־ק (r-w-q), ר־י־ק (r-y-q) related to “pouring out”, present in Arabic as ر و ق (r-w-q), ر ي ق (r-y-q) and irregular هَرَقَ (haraqa).

For borrowings in the lexical field of kinds of stock regard صِير (ṣīr, “brine”), بُنّ (bunn, “brine”), مُرِّيّ (murriyy, “a salty sauce created by rotting cereals”), or إِطْرِيَة (ʔiṭriya, “thin noodles cooked in broth”), شُورْبَة (šūrba) ~ شُرْبَة (šurba, “soup”).

Alternative forms

• مَرَق (maraq)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ra.qa/

Noun

مَرَقَة • (maraqa) f

1. broth, stock, gravy, sauce

Declension

Declension of noun مَرَقَة (maraqa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَقَة maraqa	الْمَرَقَة al-maraqa	مَرَقَة maraqat
Nominative	مَرَقَةٌ maraqatun	الْمَرَقَةُ al-maraqatu	مَرَقَةُ maraqatu
Accusative	مَرَقَةً maraqatan	الْمَرَقَةَ al-maraqata	مَرَقَةَ maraqata
Genitive	مَرَقَةٍ maraqatin	الْمَرَقَةِ al-maraqati	مَرَقَةِ maraqati

Etymology 2

Root
م ر ق (m r q)
2 terms

Noun

مِرْقَة • (mirqa) f (singulative, collective مِرْق m (mirq))

1. piece of fetid wool

Declension

Declension of noun مِرْقَة (mirqa)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِرْقَة mirqa	الْمِرْقَة al-mirqa	مِرْقَة mirqat
Nominative	مِرْقَةٌ mirqatun	الْمِرْقَةُ al-mirqatu	مِرْقَةُ mirqatu
Accusative	مِرْقَةً mirqatan	الْمِرْقَةَ al-mirqata	مِرْقَةَ mirqata
Genitive	مِرْقَةٍ mirqatin	الْمِرْقَةِ al-mirqati	مِرْقَةِ mirqati
Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِرْق mirq	الْمِرْق al-mirq	مِرْق mirq
Nominative	مِرْقٌ mirqun	الْمِرْقُ al-mirqu	مِرْقُ mirqu
Accusative	مِرْقًا mirqan	الْمِرْقَ al-mirqa	مِرْقَ mirqa
Genitive	مِرْقٍ mirqin	الْمِرْقِ al-mirqi	مِرْقِ mirqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِرْقَتَيْن mirqatayn	الْمِرْقَتَيْن al-mirqatayn	مِرْقَتَيْ mirqatay
Nominative	مِرْقَتَانِ mirqatāni	الْمِرْقَتَانِ al-mirqatāni	مِرْقَتَا mirqatā
Accusative	مِرْقَتَيْنِ mirqatayni	الْمِرْقَتَيْنِ al-mirqatayni	مِرْقَتَيْ mirqatay
Genitive	مِرْقَتَيْنِ mirqatayni	الْمِرْقَتَيْنِ al-mirqatayni	مِرْقَتَيْ mirqatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِرْقَات mirqāt	الْمِرْقَات al-mirqāt	مِرْقَات mirqāt
Nominative	مِرْقَاتٌ mirqātun	الْمِرْقَاتُ al-mirqātu	مِرْقَاتُ mirqātu
Accusative	مِرْقَاتٍ mirqātin	الْمِرْقَاتِ al-mirqāti	مِرْقَاتِ mirqāti
Genitive	مِرْقَاتٍ mirqātin	الْمِرْقَاتِ al-mirqāti	مِرْقَاتِ mirqāti

References

• “mrqḥh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1194
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “مرقة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 171b–172a
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مرقة”, 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^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 1094b–1095b
• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[3], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 387a
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مرقة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen, pages 988a–b
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مرقة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1200a–b
• Welch, Eric Lee (2017) “ἀμόργη/Amurca: A Semitic Loanword?”, in Baruch Halpern, Kenneth S. Sacks, editors, Cultural Contact and Appropriation in the Axial-Age Mediterranean World. A Periplos (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East; 86), Leiden: Brill, →DOI, pages 125–128

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَرَقَة (maraqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ra.ɡa/

Noun

مرقة • (maraga) f (plural مرقات (maragāt))

1. broth

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَرَقَة (maraqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.qa/

Noun

مرقة • (marqa) f (plural مرقات (marqāt))

1. broth