زق

زُقَاقٌ ذ A سِكَّة [meaning street ]: (S, K:) or [rather a by-street, or lane; ] a narrow طَرِيق [here meaning street ], (M,) less than a سِكَّة, (M, Mgh, Msb,) whether a thoroughfare or not: (Mgh, Msb:) masc. (S, Msb) and fem.: (S, Msb, K:) Akh says that the people of El-Hijáz make الطَّرِيقُ and الصِّرَاطُ (S, Msb) and السَّبِيلُ (S) and السُّوقُ and الزُّقَاقُ (S, Msb) and الكَلَّاآءُ, which is the market of El-Basrah, (S,) fem.; and Temeem make them masc., (S, Msb,) i. e. all of these: (S:) pl. [of pauc., but also used as a pl. of mult.,] أَزِقَّةٌ (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and [of mult.] زُقَّانٌ. (Sb, S, M, K.) مَنْ هَدَىزُقَاقًا, occurring in a trad., means He who has guided the erring and the blind to his way. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] الزُّقَاقُ [ The strait of Gibraltar; ] the passage of the sea between Tanjeh and El-Jezeereh el-Khad- rà, in the west, (K, TA,) by El-Andalus; called زُقَاقُ سَبْتَةَ. (TA.)