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عقرب

[ʕaɡ.rab]

noun

LanguageHijazi Arabic (Saudi Arabia)

Meaning
  1. scorpion
  2. Scorpio, the zodiac sign for the scorpion
  3. hour hand of a clock, so named from its ending in two prongs
  4. A small animal with a poisonous sting in its tail. The term is also used for the hand of a clock.
Examples

شِفت عَقْرَب في البَيْت.

I saw a scorpion in the house.

Pronunciationʕaɡ.rab

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThe word can also refer to the zodiac sign Scorpio.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.