Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/waraḳ-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Etymology

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *wVraq- (“green”). Cognate with Egyptian

(jꜣqt, “leeks, vegetables”) and

(wꜣḏ, “green”).[1]

Root

*waraḳ-

Descendants

Akkadian: 𒅊 (warqu) [SIG7, IGI-gunû]
Arabic: وَرَق‎ (waraq)
- Egyptian Arabic: وَرَق‎ (wáraʾ)
- Maltese: werqa
- → Azerbaijani: vərəq
- → Persian: ورق‎ (varaq), ورقه‎ (varaqe)
- → Punjabi: ਵਰਕ (vark)
- → Malay: warkah, warkat
- → Somali: warqad
Amharic: ወርቅ (wärḳ)
Aramaic: ירק‎ (yūrāq)
- Classical Syriac: ܝܘܪܩܐ‎ (yurrāqā)
Argobba: ወርቅ
Ge'ez: ወርቅ (wärḳ)
Harari: ወሪቅ (wärīq)
Hebrew: יָרוֹק‎ (yārōq)
Old South Arabian: 𐩥𐩧𐩤‎
Sebat Bet Gurage: ወርቅ
Tigre: ወርቅ (wärḳ)
Tigrinya: ወርቂ (wärḳi)
Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎗𐎖 (yrq)

References

1995, Antonio Loprieno, Ancient Egyptian: A linguistic introduction, →ISBN

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[1] 1995, Antonio Loprieno, Ancient Egyptian: A linguistic introduction, →ISBN