زاؤوق

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زاؤوق

/zaː.ʔuːq/

Where it comes from

An Aramaic variant form — unattested there like the sources of شَاقُول (šāqūl, “plumb line”), كَافُور (kāfūr), سَاهُور (sāhūr, “sheath of the moon after a saros”) etc. bearing the same pattern — modified from the one which is the source of زِئْبَق (ziʔbaq, “mercury, quicksilver”).

noun زَاؤُوق · zāʔūq

mercury (element), quicksilver
Similar: زِئْبَق

In English

mercury silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80

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MLA

"زاؤوق." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%88%D9%82. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

زاؤوق. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%88%D9%82

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"زاؤوق." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%88%D9%82.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {زاؤوق},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%88%D9%82},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}