Saturday, 22 September 2012

البكتريولوجيا bacteriology

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word البكتريولوجيا
means bacteriology and has roots in the Greek language.
The word bacteriology coined in Germany in 1884 and is composed from bacteria + -ology and as I have already written the word bacteria has greek origin and the suffix -ology derives from the verb λέγω meaning to talk,to say.In Greek is βακτηριολογία/μικροβιολογία. In Turkish is bakteriyoloji.


Wednesday, 19 September 2012

ديناصور dinosaur

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word ديناصور
means dinosaur and according to Wikipedia “”The term is derived from the Greek words δεινός (deinos, meaning "terrible," "potent," or "fearfully great") and σαῦρος (sauros, meaning "lizard" or "reptile””. In Turkish is dinozor.


هيروين heroin

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word هيروين
means heroin (the drug,coined 1898 as trademark registered by F. Bayer for their morphine substitute) derives from the Greek language. The greek word is ηρωίνη (iroini) and derives from the word ήρως-ήρωας meaning hero with the feminine form to be ηρωίνη in the antiquity while in modern greek is ηρωίδα. In Turkish is eroin.


Monday, 17 September 2012

حادس Hades

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word حادس
means Hades ( underworld/in the Antiquity,(in Homer) the name of the god of the underworld) and derives from the greek word άδης (adhis).
P.S. Question:Is in use this word in Arabic?
Please comments. 

 WIKIPEDIA

 Hades (play /ˈhdz/; from Greek ᾍδης (older form Ἀϝίδης), Hadēs, originally Ἅιδης, Haidēs or Άΐδης, Aidēs (Doric Ἀΐδας Aidas), meaning "the unseen"[1]) was the ancient Greek god of the underworld. The genitive ᾍδου, Haidou, was an elision to denote locality: "[the house/dominion] of Hades". Eventually, the nominative came to designate the abode of the dead. In Greek mythology, Hades is the oldest male child of Cronus and Rhea. According to myth, he and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans and claimed rulership over the cosmos, ruling the underworld, air, and sea, respectively; the solid earth, long the province of Gaia, was available to all three concurrently.




                          

 

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.