Quranic root
زرق
z · r · q
The supplied evidence centers on blue or gray coloration, especially of the eye; related lexical branches include blindness, clear brightness, and casting or piercing.
The Quran-focused evidence connects زُرْقًا with eyes lacking light, while the Classical record preserves extensions into projectile action and specialized color-based names and objects. No Maqāyīs entry is supplied.
- Mufradāt · row 618
- Lane · entry 31113
- Lane · entry 31132
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
أَزْرَقُ
ʾazraqu
- Part of speech
- Adjective
- 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.
Blue-eyed or gray-eyed.
In the Quranic plural زُرْقًا; the expression may describe the eye-color called زُرْقَة.
- Lane · entry 31132
- Mufradāt · row 618
Selected Quran examples
Quran 20:102word 8
“blue-eyed”
Blind.
A Quranic interpretation of زُرْقًا in 20:102, understood as having eyes without light.
- Lane · entry 31132
- Mufradāt · row 618
Thirsty.
A reported interpretation of زُرْقًا in 20:102; another explanation connects the blue or gray appearance of the eyes with intense thirst.
- Lane · entry 31132
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 20:102زُرْقًۭاblue-eyed
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 44 Classical meanings
زَرِقَ
To be blue-eyed, gray-eyed, or greenish-hued in the eyes.
Form I verb; also said of the eye itself when it takes this coloration.
- Lane · entry 31113
زَرِقَ
To become blind.
A Form I verbal use.
- Lane · entry 31113
زَرِقَ
Of an arrowhead or blade, to become very clear or bright.
A reported use of the Form I verb concerning the iron head or blade of an arrow.
- Lane · entry 31113
زَرِقَ
Of water, to become clear.
A Form I use said of water.
- Lane · entry 31113
زَرَقَتْ عَيْنُهُ نَحْوِي
For the eye to turn toward someone so that its white becomes visible.
A conventional construction involving the eye.
- Lane · entry 31113
زَرَقَهُ
To cast at, thrust, or pierce someone with a javelin or spear.
Constructed with بِمِزْرَاقٍ or بِرُمْحٍ.
- Lane · entry 31113
زَرَقَهُ بِعَيْنِهِ
To look sharply or intently at someone; to cast one's eye at him.
A figurative or tropical construction with the eye or sight.
- Lane · entry 31113
زَرَقَتِ الرَّحْلَ
Of a she-camel, to make the saddle or load shift backward.
Said of the saddle or load carried by a camel.
- Lane · entry 31113
زَرَقَ
Of a bird, to mute or dung.
A Form I use equivalent to ذَرَقَ.
- Lane · entry 31113
زَرَّقَ
Reportedly, to make liquid drip or issue drop by drop.
The attribution is textually disputed; the lexical source suggests that the form may have been confused with زهّق.
- Lane · entry 31114
زَرَّقَ
To cause a camel's saddle or load to shift backward.
An alternative explanation associated with the disputed Form II entry.
- Lane · entry 31114
اِنْزَرَقَ
Of an arrow or spear, to pass through and emerge on the other side.
Form VII use with a projectile.
- Lane · entry 31116
اِنْزَرَقَ
To pass beyond and away.
A broader Form VII use said of a person or thing.
- Lane · entry 31116
اِنْزَرَقَ
To enter a burrow and lie hidden.
A Form VII use describing concealment in a burrow.
- Lane · entry 31116
اِنْزَرَقَ
Of a camel's saddle or load, to shift backward.
A Form VII construction concerning a saddle or load.
- Lane · entry 31116
اِنْزَرَقَ
To lie down on one's back.
Said of a man.
- Lane · entry 31116
تَزَوْرَقَ
To cast forth what was in one's belly.
A special Lane Q.Q II form.
- Lane · entry 31119
زَرَقٌ
Blue or gray coloration, especially of the eye.
A verbal noun and a noun equivalent to زُرْقَةٌ.
- Lane · entry 31120
زَرَقٌ
Blindness.
A nominal use corresponding to the Form I verb زَرِقَ.
- Lane · entry 31120
زَرَقٌ
The quality of being clear or bright in an arrowhead or blade.
A specialized noun for the brightness or clarity of polished iron.
- Lane · entry 31120
زَرَقٌ
A form of white marking on a horse's legs.
A specialized term for partial whiteness of the leg hair, distinct from a complete surrounding band.
- Lane · entry 31120
زَرْقَةٌ
A bead used for fascination.
A specialized object associated with women's use of it to fascinate men.
- Lane · entry 31121
زُرْقَةٌ
A blue, gray, greenish, or otherwise characteristic color, especially in the eye.
The term can denote eye-color or, according to some explanations, a whitish opacity overspreading the iris.
- Lane · entry 31122
زُرْقُمٌ
A person with intensely blue or gray eyes.
Used of either a male or a female; it may function substantivally as an epithet.
- Lane · entry 31123
زَرْقَمَةٌ
Intense blue or gray coloration of the eye.
The quality denoted by زُرْقُمٌ.
- Lane · entry 31124
زُرَيْقٌ
A certain bird.
A lexicalized bird name.
- Lane · entry 31125
زُرَيْقَاءُ
A dish of crumbled bread dressed with milk and olive oil.
The name is explained as an allusion to the seasoning's resemblance to blue or gray eyes.
- Lane · entry 31126
زُرَيْقَاءُ
A small beast resembling a cat.
A separate lexicalized animal name.
- Lane · entry 31126
زُرَّقٌ
A bird used for catching other birds, associated with hawks or falcons.
The identification varies between a bird intermediate between a hawk and a sparrow-hawk and a white falcon.
- Lane · entry 31127
زُرَّقٌ
White hair or a white marking on a horse's forelock, head, or legs.
A specialized equine marking term.
- Lane · entry 31127
زُرَّقٌ
Sharp-sighted.
An adjectival use reported as meaning keen in sight.
- Lane · entry 31127
زَرَّاقٌ
Very deceitful; a great deceiver.
Applied to a man.
- Lane · entry 31128
زَرَّاقَةٌ
A short javelin or spear.
A spear shorter than a مِزْرَاقٌ; plural زَرَارِيقُ.
- Lane · entry 31129
زَرَّاقَةٌ
An instrument for projecting naphtha into a besieged place.
A copper or brass device, equivalent to مِنْضَحَةٌ.
- Lane · entry 31129
زَوْرَقٌ
A small boat, skiff, or craft.
A noun with plural زَوَارِقُ.
- Lane · entry 31131
أَزْرَقُ
Clear or bright, especially of an iron arrowhead or blade; substantively, a spearhead.
A non-color use based on the clarity or brightness of polished metal.
- Lane · entry 31132
أَزْرَقُ
Clear, of water.
A specialized adjectival use; the plural form can be used substantively for clear water.
- Lane · entry 31132
أَزْرَقُ
A sheer, fierce, or vehement enemy.
A figurative expression explained through the culturally associated eye-color of a hostile foreign group.
- Lane · entry 31132
أَزْرَقُ
A hawk or falcon.
A lexicalized animal name explained by the bird's color.
- Lane · entry 31132
أَزْرَقُ
The leopard.
A lexicalized animal name.
- Lane · entry 31132
الزَّرْقَاءُ
Wine.
A specialized name, reportedly associated with the wine's clarity.
- Lane · entry 31132
أَزْرَقِيٌّ
An Azraqi, a member of the Azariqa sect of the Khawarij.
A nisba appellation derived from the name of Nāfiʿ ibn al-Azraq.
- Lane · entry 31133
مِزْرَاقٌ
A javelin or short spear.
A weapon lighter than an عَنَزَة.
- Lane · entry 31134
مِزْرَاقٌ
A camel that makes its load shift backward.
A specialized nominal use describing the camel's characteristic action.
- Lane · entry 31134
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic occurrence is the plural زُرْقًا, displayed under the normalized singular adjective أَزْرَقُ. For 20:102, the supplied lexical evidence records competing interpretations—blue- or gray-eyed, blind, and thirsty—while the supplied contextual gloss is “blue-eyed.”
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
The Form II report for زَرَّقَ is textually uncertain: the source questions whether the drip-related explanation belongs to this form or reflects confusion with زهّق. It is retained with that qualification rather than treated as an unqualified meaning.