Arabic

Noun

شَوْكَة • ‎(šawka) f ‎(singulative, collective شَوْك ‎(šawk))

1. thorn, sting, prickle
2. tongue of a buckle
3. spur
4. fork
5. arms and their points
6. clash of combatants
7. slaughter, massacre
8. thrust, wound
9. bravery
10. military power
11. power, greatness, pomp, majesty

Declension

References

• “شوكة” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شوكة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

شوكة

Etymology

From Arabic شَوْكَة ‎(šawka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃoːka/, [ʃo̞ːka]

Noun

شوكة • ‎(šōka) f (plural شُوَك ‎(šuwak))

1. fork

See also

• مِلْعَقة ‎(milʿaga, “spoon”)
• سَكِّينة ‎(sakkīna, “knife”)