خريطة      map
Etymology of Arabic words:      the word                  خريطة
 =(harita)  which means  map is probably a loan word from the Greek 
language in which the word χάρτης (hartis)   has the same meaning. The 
greek word is in use since the antiquity and initially meant  papyrus or
 a roll made thereof. In Turkish they use the word harita.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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