Quranic root
ترق
t · r · q
The clearest semantic center of the root is تَرْقُوَة, the collar-bone connecting the throat notch with the shoulder.
The Quran uses the plural تَرَاقِي for the uppermost chest or collar-bone region in a death scene. Classical evidence also records a derived construction meaning to strike or injure the collarbone, alongside the separately attested medicinal noun تِرْيَاق.
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- Mufradāt · row 182
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
تَرْقُوَة
tarquwah
- Part of speech
- Noun · Quranic plural تَرَاقِي
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
The collar-bones: the uppermost bones of the chest connecting the throat notch with the shoulders.
The Quranic plural تَرَاقِي occurs in the expression إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ, describing the soul reaching the upper chest at the point of death. The verse is also interpreted as referring to the adjoining upper throat region.
- Lane · entry 16642
- Mufradāt · row 182
Selected Quran examples
Quran 75:26word 4
“the collar bones”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 75:26ٱلتَّرَاقِىَthe collar bones
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 6 Classical meanings
تَرْقَاة
The act of striking or injuring a person's collarbone.
A derived transitive construction meaning to hit or hurt the collarbone; the cited verbal form takes the affected person as its object.
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تِرْيَاق
Theriac: a compound medicinal preparation used as an antidote to poisons and venomous bites or stings.
A technical medicinal term for a multi-ingredient preparation, sometimes described as containing many ingredients or viper flesh.
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تِرْيَاق
Treacle, specifically the syrup that drains from sugar.
A secondary application of the medicinal term.
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تِرْيَاق
A bezoar-stone, also called مَسُوسٌ.
A separate material application of the term in the classical lexical record.
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تِرْيَاق
Wine, regarded figuratively as a remedy for anxiety.
An extended or figurative use explained by its supposed ability to dispel or remedy anxieties.
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تِرْيَاقِيّ
In the plant name بَاذِنْجَان تِرْيَاقِيّ, a designation for Zanthium.
A derived adjective preserved in a botanical compound rather than a separate meaning of the anatomical noun.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic تَرَاقِي is identified by the lexical evidence as the plural of تَرْقُوَة; the QAC derived-nominal metadata labels the occurrence VERBAL_NOUN, but the public classification follows the explicit anatomical lexical evidence.