*zrḳ: 'javelin, short spear'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*zrḳ
Meaning	'javelin, short spear'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	mizrāq 'a javelin; i.e. a short spear' (Lane 1228); zarrāqat 'a short javelin' (Lane 1227)	Lane 1228; Lane 1227
Geez	məzrāq (LGz. 644)	LGz. 644	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	mäzraq (LGz. 644)	LGz. 644	gloss withheld

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Notes

Instrument noun of 1449 *zVrVḳ- 'throw; dart'. Tigre märzaq 'big staff with iron point' has metathesis, and Amharic məzraṭ 'spear with a square tip' is perhaps the same word (LGz. 644).

Updated 26 October 2026

*zrḳ: 'javelin, short spear'

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