Where does “قطر” come from?

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

قطر (Arabic): to drip, to dribble, to trickle; to let drip, to...

Definitions

  1. to drip, to dribble, to trickle; to let drip, to...

Ancestry of “قطر”, step by step

قطر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ط

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicطط
2Nabataean𐢋—
3Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
4Aramaicט‬—
5Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
6Egyptian𓄤—

via English Qatar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishQatar—
2ArabicقَطَرQatar

Words derived from “قطر”

Every word from Egyptian 𓄤 →Every word from Aramaic 𐡈 →Every word from Aramaic ט‬ →