زُقَاقٌ

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:) masculine (S, Msb) and feminine: (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 الكَلَّاءُ, which is the market of El-Basrah, (S,) feminine; and Temeem make them masculine, (S, Msb,) i. e. all of these: (S:) plural [of pauc., but also used as a plural of mult.,] أَزِقَّةٌ (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and [of mult.] زُقَّانٌ. (Sb, S, M, K.) مَنْ هَدَىزُقَاقًا, occurring in a tradition, means He who has guided the erring and the blind to his way. (TA.)

[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.)