Where does “əqrəb” come from?
əqrəb (Azerbaijani) comes from Arabic عَقْرَب, from Semitic *ʕaḳrab-.
əqrəb (Azerbaijani): scorpion
Ancestry of “əqrəb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | عَقْرَب | the scorpion; scorpion |
| 2 | Semitic | *ʕaḳrab- | — |