يافوخ

العربية

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يافوخ

/jaː.fuːx/

Where it comes from

Seemingly borrowed from Aramaic אַפְקוּתָא (ʾap̄qūṯā, “the portion of the back of neck which joins the vertebra, Genick, nucha, scruff; also upper part of a date palm”), reanalyzed from אַפְרָקוּתָא (ʾap̄rāqūṯā), פְּרִיקְתָּא (pərīqtā), פִּירְקְתָא (pīrəqṯā), פּוּרְקְתָא (pūrəqṯā), ܦܴܪܱܩܬ݂ܳܐ (pāraqṯā) – obviously a much used word – after the root פ־ק־ע cognate to the Arabic root ف ق ع (f q ʕ) related to bursting in place of the root פ־ר־ק cognate to Arabic ف ر ق (f r q) related to reaving, so the Arabic etymological parallel would be فَقَار (faqār, “vertebral column”) from the related ف ق ر (f q r), the borrowing source being a regiolect and chronolect where the distinction of /ʔ/, /ʕ/, /ħ/ and /j/ was already degenerated – as the source of Old Armenian յիմար (yimar) –, resolving the gap after the stem with /x/ as nearest consonant to /uː/ to obtain a triconsonantal term again.

noun يَافُوخ · yāfūḵ · يَوَافِيخ · الْيَافُوخ

crown (of the head), vertex
fontanelle

In English

crown topmost part of the head — see also scalp
vertex highest surface on skull

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {يافوخ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AE},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}