Where does “zabarjadi” come from?

zabarjadi (Hausa) comes from Arabic زَبَرْجَد, from Classical Syriac ܙܡܪܓܕܐ, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος, from Proto-Semitic bariq- — lightning.

zabarjadi (Hausa): chrysolite or topaz

Definitions

  1. chrysolite or topaz

Ancestry of “zabarjadi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicزَبَرْجَد
2Classical Syriacܙܡܪܓܕܐemerald
3Ancient Greekσμάραγδοςemerald
4Proto-Semiticbariq-lightning
Every word from Proto-Semitic bariq-
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