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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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al-Barqaẗ البَرْقة 
ID … • Sw – • BP … • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√BRQ 
n.pr.loc.f. 
Cyrenaica (region of E Libya) – WehrCowan1979. 
Of obscure etymology. 
Grk Bárkē. 
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Is it taken from a Phoen or Libyan name (barkaẗ, barqaẗ ?), or was it called al-Barqaẗ after its †burqaẗ, i.e., ‘hard ground, hard soil’ (cf. BRQ_11 s.v. ↗BRQ)?, or after its ‘spotted’ surface—a reinterpretation of the adj. barqāʔᵘ, f. of †ʔabraqᵘ ‘blotty, spotted, stained (goat, eye), piebald (black and white)’ (BRQ_14 s.v. ↗BRQ)? 
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BRQʕ برقع 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√BRQʕ 
“root” 
▪ BRQʕ_1 ‘veil (worn by women; long, leaving the eyes exposed)’ ↗burquʕ 
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▪ DRS 2 (1994)#BRQʕ-1 Ar (dial.) barqaʕ ‘déchirer, faire éclater, crever, s’éclaircir (temps)’. -2 burqaʕ ‘voile de visage’ 
▪ DRS 2 (1994)#BRQʕ-1 Cf. ↗BRQ. 
▪ BRQʕ_1: Engl burka, burqa ↗burquʕ. 
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