عرق
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عرق¹
Where it comes from
Cognate with Ge'ez ዐረቀ (ʿäräḳä, “to be naked, to be orphaned, to be childless, to be bereft”).
verb عَرَقَ · ʕaraqa · يَعْرُقُ · مَعْرِق · عَرْق
- to strip of flesh, to nibble
verb يُعْرَقُ · عُرِقَ · ʕuriqa · عَرْق · مَعْرُوق
- to be emaciated
verb عَرِقَ · ʕariqa · يَعْرَقُ · عَرَق · عَرْقَان
- to sweat, to perspire
عرق²
Where it comes from
Cognate to Ge'ez ዐረቀ (ʿärräḳä, “to strip naked”).
verb عَرَّقَ · ʕarraqa · يُعَرِّقُ · تَعْرِيق · مُعَرِّق
- to make sweat, to promote perspiration
- to water down, to dilute (a drink)
- to grow roots; to take root
- to be deeply rooted
- to vein, to marble
عرق³
- /ʕa.raq/
noun عَرَق · ʕaraq · الْعَرَق · عَرَقٌ
- verbal noun of عَرِقَ (ʕariqa) (form I)
- sweat, perspiration
- arrack (a clear raisin liquor that turns cloudy when water is added)
عرق⁴
- /ʕirq/
Where it comes from
From the root ع ر ق (ʕ r q) in the sense of plants “perspiring” roots or roots being naked or stripped from earth when looked upon; or metathesis from the root ع ق ر (ʕ q r) related to عَقَار (ʕaqār, “real estate, ground, land”), compare against its Aramaic cognate עִיקָּרָא / ܥܶܩܳܪܳܐ (ʿiqqārā, ʿeqqārā, “root”) and Old South Arabian 𐩲𐩧𐩤 (ʿrq, “collarbone; lowlying land, plain, depression”).
noun عِرْق · ʕirq · عُرُوق · أَعْراق · الْعِرْق
- plant stem, leaf stem
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blood vessel
فإذا أَرَدتَ فتح عرق أو وداج فخذ المبضع بين إصبعك الإبهام والسبّابة كأخذك القلم للكتابة به وليكن نصابه في راحتك وتخرج من رأسه خارج طرفي إصبعك المذكورين قدر طول ظفر إبهامك وأقلّ من ذلك إلى قدر نصف ظفر إبهامك ثم أفتح العرق إلى فوق شقّا بليغا برفق وخفّة. وأمّا التوديج يالقضيب وهو معلوم فتركب فيه المبضع
Similar: وِعَاء
- hereditary disposition
- race, (loosely) ethnicity
- stock, descent
- erg
In English
Talk about this word "عرق." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%82. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. عرق. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%82 "عرق." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%82.Cite this
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title = {عرق},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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