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ساق

Pronunciation: /saː.qa/

“ساق” is an Arabic word. Its 20 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to drive
  2. to conscript
  3. to pilot
  4. to transport
  5. to send
  6. to utter
  7. to cite, to quote

noun

  1. leg
  2. shank
  3. side of an angle
  4. perpendicular
  5. trunk, stalk
  6. column, pillar
  7. scale (balance)
  8. genus, gender, kind
  9. pain, torment
  10. cupbearer
  11. water carrier
  12. barkeeper
  13. waiter

Etymology

From Aramaic שָׁקָא (šāqā, “shin”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒆸 (sâqu, “to be narrow, skinny, or constricted”), cognate to native Arabic ضَيِّق (ḍayyiq, “narrow, pressed”); compare Classical Syriac ܫܩܐ (šāqā, “shin”), Hebrew שׁוֹק (shok, “shin”). Connected back to the root س و ق (s w q) by the urging on of animals with one's legs when riding or by driving them forward by tapping at their legs.

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