Where does “zabarjad” come from?

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

zabarjad (Indonesian): chrysolite

Definitions

  1. chrysolite

Ancestry of “zabarjad”, step by step

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