Where does “ثقافة” come from?
ثقافة (Arabic) comes from Arabic ثَقُفَ, from Arabic ق, from Nabataean 𐢏, from Phoenician 𐤒 — qoph; qop.
ثقافة (Arabic): verbal noun of ثَقُفَ; sagacity, intelligence,...
Definitions
- verbal noun of ثَقُفَ; sagacity, intelligence,...
Ancestry of “ثقافة”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | ثَقُفَ | to be skillful, to be smart |
| 2 | Arabic | ق | second-person masculine singular active... |
| 3 | Nabataean | 𐢏 | — |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤒 | qoph; qop |