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In medieval Arabic mathematics, al-jabr and al-muqābala were the names of the two main preparatory steps used to solve an algebraic equation and the phrase "al-jabr and al-muqābala" came to mean "method of equation-solving". The medieval Latins borrowed the method and the names.
For genera and species that did not already have Latin names, Forsskål used the common Arabic names as the scientific names. This became the international standard for most of what he cataloged. Forsskål's Latinized Arabic plant genus names include Aerva, Arnebia, Cadaba, Ceruana, Maerua, Maesa, Themeda, and others. [6]
The word was in use in Arabic for centuries before it started to be used in European languages, and was adopted in Europe beginning in the late 13th century, in Italy, with the same meaning as the Arabic. In Europe the meaning began to be narrowed to today's Kermes species in scientific botany and taxonomy works of the mid 16th century.
Sifting and culling was word's usual meaning in English until the 19th century and today's meaning grew out from it. [5] [6] gauze قزّ qazz [ʃaːʃ] (listen ⓘ), silk of any kind – this is uncertain as the source for the Western word, but etymology dictionaries are almost unanimous the source is probably from medieval Arabic somehow.
Here’s an excellent list of 205 Arabic names and their meanings. With so many, you’re sure to find one that makes (almost!) everybody happy. Happy choosing!
List of English words of Arabic origin (T–Z) S. List of Arabic star names This page was last edited on 28 September 2014, at 00:16 (UTC). ...
The word with that meaning is quite common in mid-medieval Arabic. Spelled "caraway" in English in the 1390s in a cookery book. The English word came from Arabic via medieval Romance languages. [18] [19] carob خرّوب kharrūb [xrːwb] (listen ⓘ), carob. Carob beans and carob pods were consumed in the Mediterranean area from ancient times ...
The Arabic 'z' here used is the 17th letter of the Arabic alphabet, an unusual letter with a difficult sound, which came to be rendered by 'd' in Low Latin." [ 4 ] The word's earliest records in the West are in 12th- and 13th-century Latin astronomy texts as nadahir and nadir , with the same meaning as the Arabic, and the earliest is in an ...