الديالكتيك dialectic

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word الديالكتيك

means dialectic (philosophical discussion or discourse )and is(via German)of greek origin. The greek word is διαλεκτική (dhialectiki) and derives from the verb διαλέγομαι meaning in free translation “we dialogue” and comes from the Antiquity. In Turkish is diyalektik.

P.S. I found the following definition of dialectic in Arabic:  
الديالكتيك : أسمى ممارسة للعقل الخالص

=Dialectic: the highest exercise of the pure mind. 


 

 

قالب الأحذية shoe last/shoetree

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Etymology of Arabic words:the expression قالب الأحذية

means shoe last/shoetree and the first part/word قالب

has roots in the greek word καλάπους (calapous) or καλόπους (calopous) which means the same and it is composed from the word κάλον meaning in the antiquity wood/timber and the word πούς meaning foot. In Turkish is ayakkabı kalıbı i.e.it has the same structure with the arab expression.

 

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P.S.There is also the arabic word كاليبر which means Caliber and it seems to be a counter loan from the French language and the word calibre which was formed on the basis of the arabic word قالب , which in turn (see above) is a loan word from Greek.

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