غرغر

Arabic

Etymology

From the reduplicated onomatopoeic root غ ر غ ر (ḡ-r-ḡ-r); compare وَسْوَسَ (waswasa) and زَلْزَلَ (zalzala).

Verb

غَرْغَرَ • (ḡarḡara) Iq, non-past يُغَرْغِرُ‎ (yuḡarḡiru)

  1. to gargle; to gurgle
  2. to boil, to seethe
  3. to reiterate one's voice
  4. to die with a death rattle in the throat
  5. to cut the throat of
  6. to pierce in the throat

Conjugation

Noun

غِرْغِر

غِرْغِر • (ḡirḡir) m (collective, singulative غِرْغِرَة f (ḡirḡira))

  1. guinea-fowl (Numididae spp.)

Declension

References

Persian

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɣʊɾ.ɣʊ́ɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɣʊɾ.ɣʊ́ɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɣuɾ.ɣúɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? ğurğur
Dari reading? ğurğur
Iranian reading? ğorğor
Tajik reading? ġurġur

Noun

غرغر • (ğorğor)

  1. murmur, muttering
  2. complaint, fuss

Further reading

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