Where does “qatar” come from?

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

qatar (Maltese): to drip, to dribble

Definitions

  1. to drip, to dribble

Ancestry of “qatar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقطرto drip, to dribble, to trickle; to let drip, to...
2Arabicطط
3Nabataean𐢋
4Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
5Aramaicט‬
6Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
7Egyptian𓄤
Every word from Egyptian 𓄤Every word from Aramaic 𐡈Every word from Aramaic ט‬