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أَزْرَق

blue

AdjectiveRoot ز-ر-ق

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Highlights

Feminine
زَرْقَاء
Plural
زُرْق

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
زَرَقَ
to pierce
Verb · Form I
زَرِقَ
to be blue
Verb · Form IX
اِزْرَقَّ
to turn blue
Verb · Form II
زَرَّقَ
to excite
Verb · Form II
زَرَّقَ
to make blue

أَزْرَق in English

Adjective

  1. flickering, glinting obsolete
    وَنَحْشُرُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًاWe will gather the delinquents that day [with their eyes] glinting [from fear].609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:102
  2. blue, blue-coloured

Word origin

Color or defect adjective from the root ز ر ق (z r q). Compare Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós) for the semantic development.

Words from the root ز-ر-ق

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

زَرَقَ · present يَزْرِقُ

to pierce, to thrust, to stab; to make the load shift backwards

زَرْق
Verbal noun
زَارِق
Active participle
مَزْرُوق
Passive participle
مِزْرَاق
Derived noun
short spear
زَرِقَ · present يَزْرَقُ

to be blue, to become blue; to be of dazzling or bright color

زَرَق
Verbal noun
Active participle · Adjective
blue
مَزْرُوق
Passive participle
زَرَّقَ · present يُزَرِّقُ

to excite, to instigate; to make pass through, to inject

تَزْرِيق
Verbal noun
مُزَرِّق
Active participle
مُزَرَّق
Passive participle
زَرَّقَ · present يُزَرِّقُ

to make blue

تَزْرِيق
Verbal noun
مُزَرِّق
Active participle
مُزَرَّق
Passive participle
اِزْرَقَّ · present يَزْرَقُّ

to turn blue

اِزْرِقَاق
Verbal noun
مُزْرَقّ
Active participle
زُرَّق
Noun · m.
white falcon
زُرْقَة
Noun · f.
blueness
زِرْقَة
Noun · f.
irrigation furrow
زَرْقَة
Noun · f.
instance noun of زَرْق
زُرَيْق
Noun · m.
Garrulus glandarius
اِزْرِيقَاق
Noun · m.

أَزْرَق: plural and other forms

Singularأَزْرَق
Feminineزَرْقَاء
Pluralزُرْق

أَزْرَق in a sentence

Dictionary examples

flickering

وَنَحْشُرُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًاWe will gather the delinquents that day [with their eyes] glinting [from fear].609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:102

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