Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zarqa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: zar-qa
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city and governorate in northern Jordan.

noun

Alternative form of zarka.

Etymology

From Arabic الزرقاء (literally “the blue (city)”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: الزرقاء

Inflected Forms

Az-Zarqa' (alternative)

Questions

What does zarqa mean?: A city and governorate in northern Jordan.
Where does zarqa come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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