Where does “قطار” come from?

قطار (Arabic) comes from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט‬, from Aramaic 𐡈, from Egyptian 𓄤.

قطار (Arabic): row; row of camels; train

Definitions

  1. row; row of camels; train

Ancestry of “قطار”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicطط
2Nabataean𐢋—
3Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
4Aramaicט‬—
5Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
6Egyptian𓄤—
Every word from Egyptian 𓄤 →Every word from Aramaic 𐡈 →Every word from Aramaic ט‬ →