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Where does “ساعة” come from?

ساعة (Arabic) comes from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא.

ساعة (Arabic): hour; short time, a while; timepiece, clock,...

Definitions

  1. hour; short time, a while; timepiece, clock,...

Ancestry of “ساعة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicשָׁעְתָא—
Every word from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא →