Arabic

Alternative forms

• دِرْيَاق ‎(diryāq)

Noun

تِرْيَاق • ‎(tiryāq) m ‎(plural تَرَايِيق ‎(tarāyīq))

1. antidote, remedy, panacea
   • Sahih Muslim, The Book of Drinks, 27 Chapter: The virtue of the dates of Al-Madinah

     إِنَّ فِي عَجْوَةِ الْعَالِيَةِ شِفَاءً أَوْ إِنَّهَا تِرْيَاقٌ أَوَّلَ الْبُكْرَةِ

     ʾinna fī ʿajwantin ʾal-ʿāliyyati šifāʾan ʾaw ʾinnihā tiryāqu ʾawwala l-bukrati

     The pressed dates of Aliya contain healing effects and are an antidote in the early morning.

2. antitoxin, theriac
   • Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya, Al-Tibb al-Nabawi (The Prophetic Medicine)

     بِغَمْسِ الذُّباب في الطعام إذا سقط فيه لأجل الشِّفَاء الذي في جناحه، وهو كالتِّرْياق للسُّمِّ

     bi-ġamsi l-ḏubābi fī ṭ-ṭaʿāmi ʾiḏā saqaṭa fīhi li-ʾajli š-šifāʿi llaḏī fī janāḥihi wa-huwa kat-tiryāqi lis-summi

     Dipping house flies in food if they fall in for the healing effects in their wings, which is like an antitoxin.

3. alcohol, intoxicating drink

Declension

Derived terms

• تِرْيَاقَة ‎(tiryāqa)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1976), “ترياق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-001-8