وزغ

See also: ورع

Arabic

وَزَغَة

Etymology

From Persian وزغ (vazağ), وزغه (vazağe, “small lizard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.zaɣ/

Noun

وَزَغ • (wazaḡ) m (collective, singulative وَزَغَة f (wazaḡa), plural أَوْزَاغ (ʔawzāḡ))

1. gecko

Declension

Declension of noun وَزَغ (wazaḡ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَزَغ wazaḡ	الْوَزَغ al-wazaḡ	وَزَغ wazaḡ
Nominative	وَزَغٌ wazaḡun	الْوَزَغُ al-wazaḡu	وَزَغُ wazaḡu
Accusative	وَزَغًا wazaḡan	الْوَزَغَ al-wazaḡa	وَزَغَ wazaḡa
Genitive	وَزَغٍ wazaḡin	الْوَزَغِ al-wazaḡi	وَزَغِ wazaḡi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَزَغَة wazaḡa	الْوَزَغَة al-wazaḡa	وَزَغَة wazaḡat
Nominative	وَزَغَةٌ wazaḡatun	الْوَزَغَةُ al-wazaḡatu	وَزَغَةُ wazaḡatu
Accusative	وَزَغَةً wazaḡatan	الْوَزَغَةَ al-wazaḡata	وَزَغَةَ wazaḡata
Genitive	وَزَغَةٍ wazaḡatin	الْوَزَغَةِ al-wazaḡati	وَزَغَةِ wazaḡati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَزَغَتَيْن wazaḡatayn	الْوَزَغَتَيْن al-wazaḡatayn	وَزَغَتَيْ wazaḡatay
Nominative	وَزَغَتَانِ wazaḡatāni	الْوَزَغَتَانِ al-wazaḡatāni	وَزَغَتَا wazaḡatā
Accusative	وَزَغَتَيْنِ wazaḡatayni	الْوَزَغَتَيْنِ al-wazaḡatayni	وَزَغَتَيْ wazaḡatay
Genitive	وَزَغَتَيْنِ wazaḡatayni	الْوَزَغَتَيْنِ al-wazaḡatayni	وَزَغَتَيْ wazaḡatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَزَغَات wazaḡāt	الْوَزَغَات al-wazaḡāt	وَزَغَات wazaḡāt
Nominative	وَزَغَاتٌ wazaḡātun	الْوَزَغَاتُ al-wazaḡātu	وَزَغَاتُ wazaḡātu
Accusative	وَزَغَاتٍ wazaḡātin	الْوَزَغَاتِ al-wazaḡāti	وَزَغَاتِ wazaḡāti
Genitive	وَزَغَاتٍ wazaḡātin	الْوَزَغَاتِ al-wazaḡāti	وَزَغَاتِ wazaḡāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَوْزَاغ ʔawzāḡ	الْأَوْزَاغ al-ʔawzāḡ	أَوْزَاغ ʔawzāḡ
Nominative	أَوْزَاغٌ ʔawzāḡun	الْأَوْزَاغُ al-ʔawzāḡu	أَوْزَاغُ ʔawzāḡu
Accusative	أَوْزَاغًا ʔawzāḡan	الْأَوْزَاغَ al-ʔawzāḡa	أَوْزَاغَ ʔawzāḡa
Genitive	أَوْزَاغٍ ʔawzāḡin	الْأَوْزَاغِ al-ʔawzāḡi	أَوْزَاغِ ʔawzāḡi

Descendants

• Maltese: wiżagħ
• → Galician: osga
• → Portuguese: osga

References

• “وزغ” in Almaany
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وزغ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 1211

Persian

Alternative forms

• بزغ (bazağ), پزغ (pazağ), وزق (vazaq), وزک (vazak)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (wzγ /⁠wazaγ⁠/, “frog”). Akin to Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬖𐬁 (vazaγā, “lizard, frog”), compare وزغه (vazağe, “small lizard”), and to Old Armenian Վազգէն (Vazgēn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væˈzæɣ/

Noun

وزغ • (vazağ)

1. toad

Derived terms

• جلوزغ (jolvazağ)

Descendants

• →? Georgian: ვასაკა (vasaḳa)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “wzγ”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 89
• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 501