Friday, 17 August 2012

الثيوقراطية theocracy

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Etymology of arabic words: the word الثيوقراطية
(thiokratia) means theocracy and derives directly from the greek language. The greek word θεοκρατία (theokratia) is composed by the word θεός (theos) meaning “god” and the suffix -κρατία (kratia) which derives from the verb κρατώ (krato) meaning “to rule”. In Turkish they use the word teokrasi. 

 

الكوزموغرافي cosmography

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Etymology of arabic words: the word الكوزموغرافي
(cosmografi) means cosmography and derives from greek. The Greek word κοσμογραφία (cosmografia) is a counter loan from English and is composed by the greek words κόσμος (cosmos) which means “world, universe, people” and the sufix – γραφία (grafia) which derives from the verb γράφω (grafo) meaning “to write”. In Turkish they use the word kozmografi.


تلبثي telepathy



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(telbathi) means telepathy and derives from the Greek language. The Greek word τηλεπάθεια (telepathia) is a counter loan from English, as the term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Frederic W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research on the basis of the Greek word τηλε (tele) which means “far” and the word παθη (pathe) which means “passion, suffering,affliction, experience”. In Turkish they use the word telepati.