Friday 26 October 2012

قيثارة guitar

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word قيثارة‎ 
(kithara) means guitar and derives from the greek word κιθάρα (kithara).    In Turkish is gitar.












اسفنج sponge

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word اسفنج
(isfanz) means sponge (see: ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponge) and derives from the greek word σπόγγος.






الجلوكوما glaucoma

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word الجلوكوما
(ziloukouma?) means glaucoma (Wikipedia:Glaucoma is an eye disease in which the optic nerve is damaged in a characteristic pattern) and derives from the greek word  γλαύκωμα (glafkoma) which stems from the ancient verb γλαυκούμαι (glafkoume) and the word γλαυκός (glafkos) meaning “'bright blue””.







تراخوما trachoma

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word تراخوما
(trahouma) means trachoma (WIKIPEDIA:Trachoma (Greek: τράχωμα, ‘roughness’) is an infectious disease caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterium which produces a characteristic roughening of the inner surface of the eyelids) and derives from the greek word τράχωμα which is composed from the word τραχύς(trahis) meaning ragged/rough/coarse and the suffix -ωμα (ομα).




بَلَد‎ Country

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word بَلَد
(balad) means Country (city as well, mainly now in Hebrew) and according to Wictionary and the Turkish Dictionary derives from the greek word παλάτιον (palation) or the older Latin word Palatium which means the seat/house of the King or Ruler.








سفود skewer, kebab

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word سفود
(safoud) means “skewer, kebab” and according to AED Dictionary derives from the greek language and especially from the ancient word “σποδός” (spodos) meaning “ashes”.In mondern greek we use the word “σουβλάκι”.







الأسقف Bishop

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word الأسقف
(ouskouf) means Bishop (is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight) and seems that it derives from the greek word επίσκοπος (episkopos). The initial meaning of the greek word was “guard, supervisor, superintendent” and it was composed from the prefix επί- meaning “on,over” and the word σκοπός meaning “sentry”.