Etymology
of Arabic words: the word قيثارة
Friday, 26 October 2012
اسفنج sponge
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(isfanz)
means sponge (see: ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponge) and derives
from the greek word σπόγγος.
الجلوكوما glaucoma
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(ziloukouma?)
means glaucoma (Wikipedia:Glaucoma
is an eye disease in which the optic nerve is damaged in a
characteristic pattern) and derives from the greek word γλαύκωμα
(glafkoma) which stems from the ancient verb γλαυκούμαι
(glafkoume) and the word γλαυκός (glafkos) meaning “'bright
blue””.
تراخوما trachoma
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(trahouma)
means trachoma (WIKIPEDIA:Trachoma
(Greek:
τράχωμα, ‘roughness’) is an infectious disease caused by
the Chlamydia
trachomatis
bacterium which produces a characteristic roughening
of the inner surface of the eyelids) and derives from the greek word
τράχωμα which is composed from the word τραχύς(trahis)
meaning ragged/rough/coarse and the suffix -ωμα (ομα).
بَلَد Country
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Etymology
of Arabic words: the word بَلَد
(balad)
means Country (city as well, mainly now in Hebrew) and according to
Wictionary and the Turkish Dictionary derives from the greek word
παλάτιον (palation) or the older Latin word Palatium which
means the seat/house of the King or Ruler.
سفود skewer, kebab
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(safoud)
means “skewer,
kebab” and according to AED Dictionary derives from the greek
language and especially from the ancient word “σποδός”
(spodos) meaning “ashes”.In mondern greek we use the word
“σουβλάκι”.
الأسقف Bishop
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Etymology
of Arabic words: the word الأسقف
(ouskouf)
means Bishop
(is an ordained
or consecrated
member of the Christian
clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority
and oversight) and seems that it derives from the greek word
επίσκοπος (episkopos). The initial meaning of the greek word
was “guard, supervisor, superintendent” and it was composed from
the prefix επί- meaning “on,over” and the word σκοπός
meaning “sentry”.
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