بطارخ

بطارخ

Arabic

بُطَارِخ

Alternative forms

• بَطْرَخ‎ (baṭraḵ), بَطْرُوخ‎ (baṭrūḵ)

Etymology

From Coptic ⲡⲓⲧⲁⲣⲓⲭⲓⲟⲛ (pitarikhion), from Ancient Greek τάριχος (tárikhos), which has also been borrowed directly as طِرِّيخ‎ (ṭirrīḵ). The alternative forms come from reinterpreting the present form as a broken plural.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.tˤaː.rix/ and IPA^(key): /ba.tˤaː.rix/.

Noun

بُطَارِخ or بَطَارِخ • (buṭāriḵ or baṭāriḵ) m

1. the roe of the flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus, بُورِيّ‎ (būriyy)) and the sausage made thereof, bottarga

Declension

Declension of noun بُطَارِخ (buṭāriḵ)‎; بَطَارِخ (baṭāriḵ)

Singular	basic singular triptote‎; basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُطَارِخ‎; بَطَارِخ buṭāriḵ‎; baṭāriḵ	الْبُطَارِخ‎‎; الْبَطَارِخ‎ al-buṭāriḵ‎; al-baṭāriḵ	بُطَارِخ‎; بَطَارِخ buṭāriḵ‎; baṭāriḵ
Nominative	بُطَارِخٌ‎; بَطَارِخُ buṭāriḵun‎; baṭāriḵu	الْبُطَارِخُ‎‎; الْبَطَارِخُ‎ al-buṭāriḵu‎; al-baṭāriḵu	بُطَارِخُ‎; بَطَارِخُ buṭāriḵu‎; baṭāriḵu
Accusative	بُطَارِخًا‎‎; بَطَارِخَ buṭāriḵan‎; baṭāriḵa	الْبُطَارِخَ‎‎; الْبَطَارِخَ‎ al-buṭāriḵa‎; al-baṭāriḵa	بُطَارِخَ‎; بَطَارِخَ buṭāriḵa‎; baṭāriḵa
Genitive	بُطَارِخٍ‎; بَطَارِخَ buṭāriḵin‎; baṭāriḵa	الْبُطَارِخِ‎‎; الْبَطَارِخِ‎ al-buṭāriḵi‎; al-baṭāriḵi	بُطَارِخِ‎; بَطَارِخِ buṭāriḵi‎; baṭāriḵi

Descendants

• → Vulgar Latin: *buttārica
  • Calabrian: vatàracu, ovatàricu
  • Italian: bottarga, obsoletely buttarga, buttagra, buttaghera, bottàrica, buttàraga
    • → Catalan: botarga
    • → English: bottarga
    • → German: Bottarga
    • → Medieval Latin: butarigus
    • → Spanish: botarga
    • → Portuguese: butarga
  • Milanese: bottàrda
  • Occitan: boutargo, poutargo
    • → English: botargo, puttargo
    • → French: botargue, boutargue, poutarge
      • → English: boutargue
  • Sardinian: butàriga, botàriga
  • Sicilian: buttàraca, vuttàraca
  • → Byzantine Greek: βοτάρικο (botáriko)
  • → Maltese: putarga

References

• “بطارخ” in Almaany
• Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 48 Nr. 121
• Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, page 150 Nr. 2205
• Lagarde, Paul de (1887) Mittheilungen (in German), volume 2, Göttingen: Dieterichsche Sortimentsbuchhandlung, page 12–15