means
nitroglycerin (It is a heavy, colorless, oily, explosive
liquid most commonly produced by treating
glycerol with
nitric acid under conditions appropriate to the formation of the
nitric acid ester) and has greek roots as the french word was formed
from the greek ancient word νίτρο (nitro), which however (in the
Antiquity) was a loan word from simitic languages or from Egypt, and
the word glycerol
which derives from the greek word γλυκυς/γλυκερος(glykys/glykeros)
meaning sweet/very sweet. In Turkish is nitrogliserin.
ARABIC ETYMOLOGY////// إتيمولوجيا// HISTORY///MYTHOLOGY///LANGUAGES OF THE PAST///SCRIPTS OF THE PAST/// COSTAS LEVENTOPOULOS
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
الدسلكسيا dyslexia
Etymology
of Arabic words: the word الدسلكسيا
means
dyslexia (Wikipedia: Dyslexia
is a very broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a
person's fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read, and
which can....) and derives from the greek language according to
Wictionary: Circa 1890, from New
Latin dys-
+ lexia,
from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dys-)
expressing the idea of difficulty,
and Ancient Greek λέξις (lexis, "diction”,
“word"). In Turkish is disleksi.
الدوسنتاريا dysentery
Etymology
of Arabic words: the word الدوسنتاريا
(dousenteria)
means dysentery (Wikipedia:Dysentery
(formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is an inflammatory
disorder of the intestine, especially of the colon, that results in
severe diarrhea) and derives from the ancient greek word δυσεντερία
(disenteria) which is composed from the prefix δυσ- (dis) meaning
bad/evil with negative sense, and the word έντερο (entero)
meaning
intestine/gut.
In Turkish is dizanteri.
انتروبيا entropy
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Etymology
of Arabic words: the word انتروبيا
(entroubia?)
means entropy (Wikipedia:Entropy
is a thermodynamic
property
that is the measure of a system’s thermal energy per unit
temperature that is unavailable for doing useful work)
and derives from the greek language as the technical term in English
was formed on the basis of the greek prefix εν- (en) meaning “in”
and the verb τρέπω (trepo) which is explained better in the
phrase “ κάνω καποιον να τραπει σε φυγη”=make
someone to flee/to run away. In Turkish is entropi.
P.S. The concept "entropy" is one of the most difficult issues in Physics.
انزيم enzyme
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Etymology
of Arabic words: the word انزيم
(enzim)
means enzyme (Wikipedia: Enzymes
( /ˈɛnzaɪmz/)
are large biological molecules responsible for the thousands of
chemical
interconversions that sustain life) and
derives from the greek language as the german word Enzym was formed
on the basis of the greek word ένζυμο
(enzymo) meaning “in leaven”. The word ένζυμο derives
according to BABINIOTIS Dictionary from the expression ένζυμος
άρτος (enzymos artos) meaning bread prepared with
dough/yeast/pastry. In Turkish is enzim.
إنجيلي evangelical
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Etymology
of Arabic words: the word إنجيلي
(intzili)
means evangelical and derives probably via the
Coptic language from the greek word ευαγγελικός
(evanghelikos). In Turkish is evanjelik.
P.S. See for more information the relevant word gospel/bible.
P.S. See for more information the relevant word gospel/bible.
Saturday, 27 October 2012
فستق peanut
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(fustuk)
means pistachio or peanut and two languages seem to be rivals as the
origin of this word i.e. The ancient Greek and ancient Persian.
According to BABINIOTIS Dictionary, there is the greek word
πιστάκη (pistaki) which means “pistachio tree”, and the
word πιστάκιον (pistakion) which is the diminutive of the
word πιστάκη and means pistachio/peanut, explaining that it
is a loan word from unknown origin as it happens with the Persian
word “pista”. On the other hand the....
From
Italian pistacchio,
from Latin pistacium (“pistachio”),
from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistakion),
from πιστάκη (pistakē, “pistachio
tree”), of Iranian
origin; compare Kurdish pisteq,
fisteq,
modern Persian پسته (pista).
Middle
English, fustik; derived from Old French, fustoc; derived from
Arabic, فستق (fustuq, “pistachio”);
derived from Persian, فستق (fustuq, “pistachio”).
See also the followig:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistachio
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscurides

See also the followig:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistachio
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscurides
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