برق

Meaning

Verb

1. to produce lightning
2. to shine, to glitter, to sparkle, to flash

Noun

1. (form-of, noun-from-verb) verbal noun of بَرَقَ (baraqa) (form I)
2. lightning
3. flash of lightning
4. telegraph

Concepts

lightning

flash

shine

mail

post

send

spangle

telegraph

thunderbolt

tinsel

trinket

bauble

Cyrenaica

brummagem

gaud

Synonyms

سنا

بعث

زهر

لمع

بَرْق

أرسل بالبريد

أرْسل

Translations

Blitz

fulmine

éclair

rayo

αστραπή

şimşek

lampo

relâmpago

raio

llampec

bliksem

fulgur

relámpago

yıldırım

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ba.ra.qa/

Etymology

From the root ب ر ق (b r q). From Proto-Semitic *baraḳ- (“lightning”), although Fronzaroli states that the noun "lightning" may be a deverbal form, in which case only the verb would be inherited.