qroqqa

Maltese
FWOTD – 17 October 2014
Qroqqa
Root
q-r-q
9 terms

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. The exactly corresponding form is found in Tunisian Arabic قرقّة (ʔruʔʔa, qroqqa, “brooding hen”), South Levantine Arabic قرقة (ʔruʔʔa, qruqqa, “brooding hen”).[1] Compare also North Levantine Arabic قرقة (ʔirʔa, qirqa), كركة (krikka).[2] Related with Arabic قَرَّقَ (qarraqa), كَرَّكَ (karraka, “to cluck”), eventually onomatopoetic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔrɔʔ.ʔa/

Noun

qroqqa f (plural qrejjaq)

  1. laying or brooding hen

References
  1. Dr. Ulrich Seeger: Wörterbuch Palästinensisch – Deutsch. Online publication, 2019, p. 807.
  2. Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN
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