Sunday, 26 August 2012

الكرز cherry

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Etymology of arabic words: الكرز
=(kiraz or karaz) which means cherry is probably a loan word from the Greek language. The greek word κεράσι /κέρασος (kerasi) comes from the antiquity. The Romans the first century B.C. named Kerasous (today turkish Giresun) a town in northern Minor Asia ( today Turkey) because they found there cherries and started cultivating them in Rome.

 

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