Etymology
of Arabic words: the word الميناء
(mina)
means port/harbour and according to some sites derives
from the ancient greek word λιμήν (limin) with the same
meaning. In Turkish is liman.
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Sunday 4 November 2012
قاموس dictionary
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Etymology
of Arabic words: the word قاموس
(kamous)
means dictionary and according to the following site
derives
from the greek word Ὠκεανός (okeanus)
which means ocean.
“””The
most commonly used Arabic word for “dictionary” is qamous
(قاموس). Some
sources suggest it is derived from the root “q-m-s”, which
supposedly means “rising water”. I think this verb was
retro-fitted into the language to give an Arabic root to what is
clearly a foreign word. For behind qamous,
it is hard to miss the Greek Ὠκεανός (okeanus),
which is the root of the English ocean
and the French océan.
But
how did it come to mean “dictionary” in Arabic? For that,
blame Abu Tahir bin Ibrahim Majduddin al-Fairuzabadi, a 14th century
Arab-Persian lexicographer who composed the most authoritative Arabic
dictionary of his time. He named it Al-Qamous Al-Muheet, or
“The Ocean”, by which he meant to suggest comprehensiveness.
His dictionary was such a hit that over the centuries its name was
genericised and qamous
came
to mean “a dictionary”.”””
هايبوثلامس Hypothalamus
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Etymology
of Arabic words: the word هايبوثلامس
Wikipedia:
The hypothalamus (from Greek
ὑπό = under and θάλαμος = room, chamber) is a portion of
the brain that
contains a number of small nuclei
with a variety of functions. One of the most important functions of
the hypothalamus is to link the nervous
system to the endocrine
system via the pituitary
gland (hypophysis).
In
Turkish is hipotalamus.
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