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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicطط
2Nabataean𐢋—
3Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
4Aramaicט‬—
5Aramaic𐡈—
6Egyptian𓄤—

Words derived from “قطر”

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