سقنقور

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سقنقور

سَقَنْقُور – Scincus scincus

Alternative forms

صَقَنْقُور (ṣaqanqūr), إِسْقَنْقُور (ʔisqanqūr), إِصْقَنْقُور (ʔiṣqanqūr)

Etymology

Sometimes claimed to be borrowed from Ancient Greek during the science translation movement, but a fitting form is never given, Byzantine Greek **σκιγκούριον (**skinkoúrion), an extension of σκίγκος (skínkos, “skink”), as if containing οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), is not found. This word is obtained in the same period as Classical Syriac ܣܩܝܢܩܘܪ (sqinqūr), possibly evidenced by the resolution of a geminate stop, to a nasal plus a stop, common in Semitic, but particularly Aramaic. It would then ultimately have relation to Akkadian 𒆲𒁯 (KUN.DAR /⁠šakkadirru, šakkatirru⁠/, “skink”, literally “mongoose of the forest”), originally applied to another relatable creature, but again listed separately as a type of lizard as well.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sa.qan.quːr/

Noun

سَقَنْقُور • (saqanqūr) m

skink (Scincus gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun سَقَنْقُور (saqanqūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَقَنْقُور saqanqūr	السَّقَنْقُور as-saqanqūr	سَقَنْقُور saqanqūr
Nominative	سَقَنْقُورٌ saqanqūrun	السَّقَنْقُورُ as-saqanqūru	سَقَنْقُورُ saqanqūru
Accusative	سَقَنْقُورًا saqanqūran	السَّقَنْقُورَ as-saqanqūra	سَقَنْقُورَ saqanqūra
Genitive	سَقَنْقُورٍ saqanqūrin	السَّقَنْقُورِ as-saqanqūri	سَقَنْقُورِ saqanqūri

Descendants

→ Hebrew: סקנקור (Medieval)
→ Persian: سقنقور (saqanqur), اسقنقور (esqanqur)
→ Ottoman Turkish: سقنقور (sakankur)

References

“sqwnqr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 258–259
Landsberger, Benno (1934) Die Fauna des alten Mesopotamien nach der 14. Tafel der Serie ḪAR-RA = ḫubullu (Abhandlungen der philologisch-historischen Klasse der sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; XLII. Nr. VI)‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Salomon Hirzel, page 118
Löw, Immanuel (1912) “Aramäische Lurchnamen”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete‎^[3] (in German), volume 26, pages 142–144
Seetzen, Ulrich Jasper (1805) Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse, editor, Reisen durch Syrien, Palästina, Phönicien, die Transjordan-Länder, Arabia Petraea und Unter-Aegypten‎^[4], volume 3, Berlin: G. Reimer, published 1855, page 501, where إِسْتَنْقُور (ʔistanqūr)
Vollers, Karl (1896) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[5] (in German), volume 50, page 655