- sharaqa
- go up; be red [Amh mesraq (east)]
Arabic etymological dictionary. 2013.
sharaqa
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Saracen — Sar a*cen, n. [L. Saracenus perhaps fr. Ar. sharqi, pl. sharqi[=i]n, Oriental, Eastern, fr. sharaqa to rise, said of the sun: cf. F. sarrasin. Cf. {Sarcenet}, {Sarrasin}, {Sirocco}.] Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Saracens' consound — Saracen Sar a*cen, n. [L. Saracenus perhaps fr. Ar. sharqi, pl. sharqi[=i]n, Oriental, Eastern, fr. sharaqa to rise, said of the sun: cf. F. sarrasin. Cf. {Sarcenet}, {Sarrasin}, {Sirocco}.] Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Senecio Saracenicus — Saracen Sar a*cen, n. [L. Saracenus perhaps fr. Ar. sharqi, pl. sharqi[=i]n, Oriental, Eastern, fr. sharaqa to rise, said of the sun: cf. F. sarrasin. Cf. {Sarcenet}, {Sarrasin}, {Sirocco}.] Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sirocco — [17] The sirocco is a hot wind that blows into southern Europe from North Africa. Etymologically its name means ‘east’ wind. The term comes via French sirocco and Italian scirocco from Arabic sharūq ‘east’, hence ‘east wind’, a derivative of the… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
sirocco — hot wind blowing from the Libyan deserts, 1610s, from It. sirocco, from vulgar Arabic shoruq the east wind, from Arabic sharqi eastern, east wind, from sharq east, from sharaqa to rise (in reference to the sun) … Etymology dictionary
sirocco — [17] The sirocco is a hot wind that blows into southern Europe from North Africa. Etymologically its name means ‘east’ wind. The term comes via French sirocco and Italian scirocco from Arabic sharūq ‘east’, hence ‘east wind’, a derivative of the… … Word origins
sirocco — [sə räk′ō] n. pl. siroccos [It < Ar sharq, the east < sharaqa, to rise (of the sun)] 1. a hot, steady, oppressive wind blowing from the Libyan deserts across the Mediterranean into S Europe, often bringing dust and sometimes accompanied by… … English World dictionary
