- Philadelphia=فيلادلفيا
- ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- Philadelphia
- city in Pennsylvania, U.S., from Greek, taken by William Penn to mean "brotherly love," from philos "loving" (see -phile) + adelphos "brother" (see Adelphia). Also the name recalls that of the ancient city in Lydia, mentioned in the New Testament, which was so called in honor of Attalos II Philadelphos, 2c B.C.E. king of Pergamon, who founded it. His title is said to have meant "loving the brethren." Philadelphia lawyer "clever, shrewd attorney" attested from 1788 in London, said originally to have been applied to Andrew Hamilton, who obtained the famous acquittal of J.P. Zenger on libel charges in 1735.
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Philadelphia=فيلادلفيا
Petrology=بترولوجية
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Petrology=بترولوجية
- ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- petrology (n.)
- petro- (1)
- before vowels petr-, word-forming element used from 19c., from comb. form of Gk. petros "stone," petra "rock" (see petrous).
- -ology
- word-forming element indicating "branch of knowledge, science,"
now the usual form of -logy.
Originally used c.1800 in nonce formations (commonsensology, etc.),
it gained legitimacy by influence of the proper formation in
geology, mythology, etc., where the -o- is a stem vowel in the
previous element.
WIKIPEDIA
Petrology (from the Greek πέτρα, petra, "rock" and λόγος, logos, "study") is the branch of geology that studies the origin, composition, distribution and structure of rocks.
Lithology was once approximately synonymous with petrography, but in current usage, lithology focuses on macroscopic hand-sample or outcrop-scale description of rocks, while petrography is the speciality that deals with microscopic details.
periscope=بيريسكوب
- ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- periscope (n.)
- word-forming element meaning "around, about, enclosing," from Gk. peri (prep.) "around, about, beyond," cognate with Skt. pari "around, about, through," L. per (see per).
Thales=طاليس
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Thales=طاليس
WIKIPEDIA
Thales of Miletus
(
/ˈθeɪliːz/;
Greek:
Θαλῆς, Thalēs; 624 BC –
c. 546 BC) was a pre-Socratic
Greek
philosopher from Miletus
in Asia Minor,
and one of the Seven
Sages of Greece. Many, most notably Aristotle,
regard him as the first philosopher in the Greek
tradition.[1]
According to Bertrand
Russell, "Western philosophy begins with Thales."[2]
Thales attempted to explain natural phenomena without reference to
mythology and
was tremendously influential in this respect.
http://listverse.com/2012/06/26/top-10-pre-socratic-philosophers/
Thales of Miletus is often credited with being the first systematic philosopher of the Western world. He was the first to reject supernatural explanations and seek reasons behind events. To prove the value of this understanding of the world he used his logic and evidence to predict a good crop of olives and, buying up olive presses, was able to corner the market in oil and make a fortune. As well as devising several geometric theories (which allowed him to measure the height of the pyramids from the ground) Thales was also the first person to study electricity. It had been noticed that amber, when rubbed, attracted threads of fiber to it. It was this static electricity which Thales’ studied. When the negative particle of the atom was named it was called the electron, after the Greek for amber – elektron.
/ˈθeɪliːz/;
Greek:
Θαλῆς, Thalēs; 624 BC –
c. 546 BC) was a pre-Socratic
Greek
philosopher from Miletus
in Asia Minor,
and one of the Seven
Sages of Greece. Many, most notably Aristotle,
regard him as the first philosopher in the Greek
tradition.[1]
According to Bertrand
Russell, "Western philosophy begins with Thales."[2]
Thales attempted to explain natural phenomena without reference to
mythology and
was tremendously influential in this respect.http://listverse.com/2012/06/26/top-10-pre-socratic-philosophers/
Thales of Miletus is often credited with being the first systematic philosopher of the Western world. He was the first to reject supernatural explanations and seek reasons behind events. To prove the value of this understanding of the world he used his logic and evidence to predict a good crop of olives and, buying up olive presses, was able to corner the market in oil and make a fortune. As well as devising several geometric theories (which allowed him to measure the height of the pyramids from the ground) Thales was also the first person to study electricity. It had been noticed that amber, when rubbed, attracted threads of fiber to it. It was this static electricity which Thales’ studied. When the negative particle of the atom was named it was called the electron, after the Greek for amber – elektron.
Gaia=غايا
- Gaia=غايا
- ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- Gaia
- Earth as a goddess, from Gk. Gaia, spouse of Uranus, mother of the Titans, personification of gaia "earth," as opposed to heaven, "land," as opposed to sea, "a land, country, soil," a collateral form of ge (Dorian ga) "earth," of unknown origin, perhaps pre-Indo-European. The Roman equivalent goddess of the earth was Tellus (see tellurian), sometimes used in English poetically or rhetorically for "Earth personified" or "the Earth as a planet."
pentagon=/البنتاجون
- pentagon=/البنتاجون
- ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- pentagon (n.)
- plane figure with five angles and five sides, 1560s, from M.Fr. pentagone or directly from L.L. pentagonum "pentagon," from Gk. pentagonon, noun use of neuter of adjective pentagonos "five-angled," from pente "five" (see five) + gonia "angle" (see knee (n.)). The U.S. military headquarters Pentagon was completed 1942, so called for its shape; used allusively for "U.S. military leadership" from 1945. Related: Pentagonal.
Peloponnesus=بيلوبونيسوس
- Peloponnesus=بيلوبونيسوس
- ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- peninsula of southern Greece, late 15c., from Latin, from Gk. Peloponnesos, second element apparently nesos "island," first element said to be named for Pelops, son of Tantalus, who killed him and served him to the gods as food (they later restored him to life). The proper name is probably from pellos "dark" + ops "face, eye." But the association with the peninsula name likely is folk etymology. Related: Peloponnesian.
Pelican= البجع طائر / بيليكان
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Pelican= البجع طائر / بيليكان
- ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- pelican (n.)
- O.E. pellicane, from L.L. pelecanus, from Gk. pelekan "pelican" (so used by Aristotle), apparently related to pelekas "woodpecker" and pelekys "ax," perhaps so called from the shape of the bird's bill. Spelling influenced in Middle English by O.Fr. pelican. Used in Septuagint to translate Heb. qaath. The fancy that it feeds its young on its own blood is an Egyptian tradition properly belonging to some other bird. Louisiana has been known as the Pelican state at least since 1859.
Pegasus=بيغاسوس
- Pegasus=بيغاسوس
- ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- Pegasus
- winged horse in Greek mythology, late 14c., from Latin, from Gk. Pegasos, usually said to be from pege "spring, font" (pl. pegai), especially in "springs of Ocean," near which Medusa was said to have been killed by Perseus (Pegasus sprang from her blood). But this may be folk etymology, and the suffix -asos suggests a pre-Greek origin [Klein].
patriarch=بطريرك
- patriarch=بطريرك
- ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- patriarch (n.)
- late 12c., from O.Fr. patriarche "one of the Old Testament fathers" (11c.) and directly from L.L. patriarcha (Tertullian), from Gk. patriarkhes "chief or head of a family," from patria "family, clan," from pater "father" (see father (n.)) + arkhein "to rule" (see archon). Also used as an honorific title of certain bishops in the early Church, notably those of Antioch, Alexandria, and Rome.
- one of the nine chief magistrates of ancient Athens, 1650s, from Gk. arkhon "ruler," noun use of prp. of arkhein "to rule," from PIE *arkhein- "to begin, rule, command," a "Gk. verb of unknown origin, but showing archaic Indo-European features ... with derivatives arkhe, 'rule, beginning,' and arkhos, 'ruler' " [Watkins].
Parthenon=بارثينون
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- Parthenon=بارثينون
- ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- Parthenon (n.)
- name of the temple of Athena on the Acropolis in Athens, Greek, lit.
"temple of the virgin goddess" (Athene), from parthenos
"virgin, maiden, girl," of unknown origin.
WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon
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