Monday 27 August 2012

بنكرياس pancreas


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Etymology of Arabic words: the word بنكرياس
(benkrias?)means pancreas(medical term) and is a loan word from the greek language. The greek word is πάγκρεας and is composed from παν/pan- "all" + κρεας/kreas "flesh. In Turkish they use the word pankreas.







Socrates: bust [Credit: © Araldo de Luca/Corbis]Socrates,  (born c. 470 bce, Athens [Greece]—died 399 bce, Athens), Greek philosopher whose way of life, character, and thought exerted a profound influence on ancient and modern philosophy.

هيدروليكي hydraulic

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word هيدروليكي
(hydroliki) means hydraulic/hydraulics and derives from the greek word υδραυλική/υδραυλικός which has origin the ancient word ύδραυλος (idravlos),  a music instrument which included ύδωρ (idhor=water) and αυλό (avlo=tube,flute,pipe).In Turkish is hidrolik.


الأمونيا ammonia

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word الأمونيا
(amonia) means ammonia and has greek roots as the french techical term was formed (in 1872) on the basis of the greek word αμμωνιακόν(belonging to Ammon) κομι(gum), a substance which was named so, because it came/originated in the antiquity from the ancient Lybia desert, Oasis Siwa and especially from the area Αμμωνία, where was situated the temple of Jupiter the Ammon (Αμμωνος Διος).In Turkish is amonyak.

An excerpt from the touristic guide 
"""Greek settlers at Cyrene made contact with the oasis around the same time (7th century BC), and the oracle temple of Ammon (Zeus Ammon) was already famous during the time of Herodotus.[4] Prior to his campaign of conquest in Persia Alexander the Great reached the oasis, supposedly by following birds across the desert. The oracle is said to have confirmed him as both a divine personage and the legitimate Pharaoh of Egypt."""


الاستجماتيزم astigmatism

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word الاستجماتيزم .....
 means astigmatism which has greek roots as the french medical term was formed with greek words i.e. The privative α- and the word στιγμα which means “mark, spot, stigma.In greek it is αστιγματισμός (astigmatismos) and in Turkish astigmatizm.