عقرب
[ʕaɡ.rab]
noun
LanguageHijazi Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
Meaning- scorpion
- Scorpio, the zodiac sign for the scorpion
- hour hand of a clock, so named from its ending in two prongs
- A small animal with a poisonous sting in its tail. The term is also used for the hand of a clock.
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.