Where does “دِفْلَى” come from?
دِفْلَى (Arabic) comes from Ancient Greek Δάφνη, from Ancient Greek δάφνη, from Ancient Greek η, from Phoenician 𐤇, from Egyptian ?.
دِفْلَى (Arabic): oleander
Definitions
- oleander
Ancestry of “دِفْلَى”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Δάφνη | Daphne |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | δάφνη | laurel, bay |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | η | Lower-case eta, the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was ἦτα and it represented a long open-mid front unrounded vowel:. It is often transliterated as either e or i. It is preceded by ζ and followed by θ |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤇 | het; heth |
| 5 | Egyptian | ? | — |