زمزريق

Arabic

زَمْزَرِيق

Etymology

Uncertain etymology. While the ending might be augmented internally in Arabic, as خَرْبَقَ (ḵarbaqa, “to rive”), جَوْلَق (jawlaq, “gorse, broom”), this is not credible for quinqueliterals, the more so with heavy last syllable.

A more regular structure is afforded if one kens the Middle Iranian adjective suffix -īk, Proto-Iranian *-ikah, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos; such suspicion is raised by the synonyms شَزْرِيق (šazrīq) and خَزْرِيق (ḵazrīq), and أَرِيج (ʔarīj, “fragrance”), having no Semitic root derivation.

One can ween a shortening of the otherwise-known dendronym reflected in Arabic as أَرْجُوَان (ʔarjuwān, “redbud”) put into an izāfa with another word now irretrievable in Arabic, having been borrowed in an izafet-compound comparatively early and then reinterpreted multiply, owing to its being of of no meaning to Semites.

Potential sources of contamination appear زَمْهَر (zamhar, “bloodshot eyes, angry eyes”), perhaps in reference to color; bolstered by خَزِرَ (ḵazira, “to squint, to contract one's eyes”) and شَزَرَ (šazara, “to give a shifty look, to glance with hatred in one's eyes”), and زَرَق (zaraq, “blindness; the color blue”) or Aramaic זרג (zāreḡ, “eyes shining, glistening; pale red wine or amethyst color”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zam.za.riːq/

Noun

زَمْزَرِيق • (zamzarīq) m

1. redbud (Cercis)

   Synonyms: أُرْجُوَان (ʔurjuwān), خَزْرِيق (ḵazrīq), شَزْرِيق (šazrīq)

Declension

Declension of noun زَمْزَرِيق (zamzarīq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَمْزَرِيق zamzarīq	الزَّمْزَرِيق az-zamzarīq	زَمْزَرِيق zamzarīq
Nominative	زَمْزَرِيقٌ zamzarīqun	الزَّمْزَرِيقُ az-zamzarīqu	زَمْزَرِيقُ zamzarīqu
Accusative	زَمْزَرِيقًا zamzarīqan	الزَّمْزَرِيقَ az-zamzarīqa	زَمْزَرِيقَ zamzarīqa
Genitive	زَمْزَرِيقٍ zamzarīqin	الزَّمْزَرِيقِ az-zamzarīqi	زَمْزَرِيقِ zamzarīqi