زقاق

Meaning

alley, lane, corridor

Concepts

alley

avenue

corridor

cul-de-sac

impasse

skins

Synonyms

ردب

Translations

callejón

Allee

calleja

Gasse

beco

Pfad

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περίπατος

Ausweglosigkeit

σοκάκι

αδιέξοδο

Boulevard

στενάκι

allée

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avenue

Weg

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/zu.qaːq/

Etymology

With progressive dissimilation in voicedness (compare for this phenomenon in a like measure رُزْدَاق (ruzdāq) and قَتَاد (qatād)) from Aramaic 𐡔𐡒𐡒𐡀 / 𐡵𐡳𐡳𐡠 / שְׁקָקָא / ܫܩܳܩܳܐ (šəqāqā), from Akkadian 𒋢𒋡𒄣𒌑 (su-qa-qu-u₂ /⁠suqāqu⁠/), which is the diminutive of the same word as present in سُوق (sūq).