Arabic vocabulary
إِحْرَاقٌburning in Arabic
إِحْرَاقٌ is how you say “burning” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ح ر ق (ḥ-r-q)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of Form IV: أَحْرَقَ)Pronounced iḥrāq
Meaning of burning in Arabic
- burning; the act of setting something alight or consuming it with fire
- (figurative) causing burning pain, affliction, or distress — e.g. the sting of a blow, fever, anger, or hunger
- (figurative) sharp reproach or blame — as in 'scorching' someone with the tongue
إِحْرَاقٌ is the maṣdar of the causative Form IV verb أَحْرَقَ ('to burn something/someone with fire'), as in أَحْرَقَتْهُ النَّارُ, 'the fire burned him.' Beyond literal burning, the same verb extends figuratively to inflicting pain, distress, or sharp verbal reproach, and this noun carries that same range.
Words from the same root
- حَرَقَto file; to rub one thing against another; to grind the teeth so they make a grating sound
- حَرَّقَto burn intensively or repeatedly; (of pasturage) to make camels thirsty
- حَارَقَto lie with her, on the side (a distinct, unrelated sense of the same root)
- تَحَرَّقَto burn, catch fire; figuratively, to burn with hunger or longing
- اِحْتَرَقَto burn, become burnt (by fire); figuratively, to perish
- حَرَقٌfire; the flame of fire
- حُرْقٌan angry man, i.e. one 'burning' with anger
Common questions
- How do you say "burning" in Arabic?
- إِحْرَاقٌ (iḥrāq).
- What is the root of إِحْرَاقٌ?
- The triliteral root ح ر ق (ḥ-r-q), which also gives أَحْرَقَ ('to burn something') and اِحْتَرَقَ ('to catch fire, become burnt').
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
كَمَا يتولّد الزَّرْع عَن المَاء والإحراق عَن النَّار
Just as crops arise from water and burning from fire.
وَالْإِحْرَاقُ — and burning. wa- = 'and'; al- = 'the'; ihraq means 'burning' — a second subject ('and burning [arises]').
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