عقرب

العربية

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عقرب

/ʕaq.rab/
/ʕaɡ.rab/ Kuwait
/ʕaq.rab/ Moroccan

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕaḳrab-. Compare Jewish Palestinian Aramaic עַקְרַבָּא (ʿaqraḇā), Classical Syriac ܥܶܩܰܪܒܳܐ (ʿeqarbā), Hebrew עַקְרָב (ʿaqrāḇ), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎖𐎗𐎁 (ʿqrb), Ge'ez ዐቅረብ (ʿäḳräb); attested as a Semitic word since Akkadian 𒀝𒊏𒁍 (aqrabu).

noun عَقْرَب · ʕaqrab · عَقَارِب · الْعَقْرَب

scorpion الْعَقْرَب (al-ʕaqrab, “Scorpio”)
Scorpius, a constellation of the zodiac
Scorpio, the zodiac sign for the scorpion
hour hand of a clock, so named from its ending in two prongs

In English

hand index or pointer on a dial, such as on an analogue/analog clock
scorpion any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones
backhoe a multi-purpose tractor

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عقرب},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}