# فرق
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa.ra.qa/

#### Verb

فَرَقَ • (faraqa) I (non-past يَفْرُقُ (yafruqu), verbal noun فَرْق (farq) or فُرْقَان (furqān))
* (transitive) to split, separate
* to part the hair
* to distinguish
* to expound, explain
* to determine, order, ordain

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa.ra.qa/

#### Verb

فَرَقَ • (faraqa) I (non-past يَفْرُقُ (yafruqu), verbal noun فُرُوق (furūq))
* (intransitive) to separate

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa.ri.qa/

#### Verb

فَرِقَ • (fariqa) I (non-past يَفْرَقُ (yafraqu), verbal noun فَرَق (faraq)) (intransitive)
* to be spaced far apart, to be gappy (of teeth)
* to have a split crest (of a rooster)
* to enter a group (of a person)
* to be parted (of one's forelock or beard)
* to be have uneven hips (of an animal)
* to stand with legs apart (of a camel)
* to have far-separated horns or testicles (of a goat)
* to have only one testicle (of a horse)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /far.ra.qa/

#### Verb

فَرَّقَ • (farraqa) II (non-past يُفَرِّقُ (yufarriqu), verbal noun تَفْرِيق (tafrīq) or تَفْرِقَة (tafriqa))
* to separate
* to distinguish
* to disperse
* (construed with عَلَى (ʕalā)) to divide (something) between

##### Antonyms

* جَمَعَ (jamaʕa)

### Etymology 1.5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /farq/

#### Noun

فَرْق • (farq) m (plural فُرُوق (furūq))
* verbal noun of فَرَقَ (faraqa, “to separate”) (form I)
** separation
* difference
    منذ صغرنا، نقدر أن نميِّز الفرق بين التصرفات العادلة والظالمة.From a young age, we are able to distinguish between just and unjust actions.
* discord
* parting of the hair

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: fərq
* → Baluchi: فرق
* → Persian: فرق
* → Ottoman Turkish: فرق
** → Turkish: fark
* → Punjabi:
** → Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਰਕ਼ (faraq)
** → Shahmukhi script: فرق (farq)
* → Hindustani:
** → Hindi: फ़र्क़ (farq)
** → Urdu: فرق (farq)
* → Bengali: ফারাক (pharak)
* → Tarifit: farq
* → Uyghur: پەرق (perq)
* → Uzbek: farq

### Etymology 1.6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fi.raq/

#### Noun

فِرَق • (firaq) f pl
* plural of فِرْقَة (firqa)

### Etymology 2.1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa.ri.qa/

#### Verb

فَرِقَ • (fariqa) I (non-past يَفْرَقُ (yafraqu), verbal noun فَرَق (faraq))
* to fear, to be afraid [with مِن (min) ‘of someone/something’]
* to be terrified
* to feel sorry [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘for someone’]

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa.raq/

#### Noun

فَرَق • (faraq) m
* verbal noun of فَرِقَ (fariqa, “to fear”) (form I)

##### Declension
## Baluchi
### Etymology

From Persian فَرق (farq), from Arabic فَرْق (farq).

### Noun

فرق • (farq)
* difference
* distinction

### See also

* پرک (park)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic فَرْق (farq).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /farɡ/

#### Noun

فرق • (farg) m (dual فَرْقين (fargēn), plural فُرُوق (furūg))
* difference

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fa.raɡ/

#### Verb

فَرَق • (farag) I (non-past يِفْرِق (yifrig))
* to cause a difference in a matter or situation
    ترى ما فرقت بالنسبة لهtara mā faragat bi-l-nisbaluby the way it does not cause a difference for him

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

From Arabic فَرَّقَ (farraqa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /far.raɡ/

#### Verb

فَرَّق • (farrag) II (non-past يِفَرِّق (yifarrig))
* to cause division
* to split
    Synonym: وَزَّع (wazzaʕ)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fi.raɡ/

#### Noun

فِرَق • (firag) pl
* plural of فِرْقة (firga)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَرْق (farq).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [faɾq]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fäɾq]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fäɾq]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [fäɾq]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [fäɾq]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [fæɹɢ̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [fäɾq]

### Noun

فرق • (farq)
* difference
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 497:کافر و مومن خدا گویند لیک در میان هر دو فرقی هست نیکkāfir u mu'min xudā gōyand lēk dar miyān-i har dū farq-ē hast nēk(Both) infidel and true believer say “God,” but there is a good difference between the two.
* inequality
* summit of the skull, parting of the hair

#### Derived terms

* فرق داشتن (farq dâštan, “to differ”)
* فرقی

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَرق (farq), from Arabic فَرْق (farq).

### Noun

فَرَق • (faraq) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਫ਼ਰਕ਼ or ਫ਼ਰਕ)
* difference, distance
* deviation, variation, variance, divergence
* inconsistency, contrariety, disparity, estrangement

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic فَرَقَ (faraqa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /fa.raʔ/, [ˈfa.raʔ]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /fa.raɡ/, [ˈfa.raɡ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

فرق • (faraʔ) I (present بفرق (bifriʔ))
* to differ, to be different
    Antonym: شبه (šibih)
* to distinguish, to differentiate
    Synonym: ميّز (mayyaz)
* (by extension) to make a difference
    ما أهلك بفكّروكي عندي، شو رح يفرق يعني؟ma ʔahlek bifakkrūki ʕindi, šū raḥ yifriʔ yaʕniBut your parents think you're at my place, so what difference does it make?

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic فَرَّقَ (farraqa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /far.raʔ/, [ˈfar.raʔ]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /far.raɡ/, [ˈfar.raɡ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

فرّق • (farraʔ) II (present بفرّق (bifarreʔ))
* to separate
    Synonym: فصل (faṣal)
* to distinguish, to differentiate
    Synonym: ميّز (mayyaz)