Where does “qattar” come from?
qattar (Maltese) comes from Arabic قطر, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט, from Aramaic 𐡈, from Egyptian 𓄤.
qattar (Maltese): to let drip, to let dribble
Definitions
- to let drip, to let dribble
Ancestry of “qattar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | قطر | to drip, to dribble, to trickle; to let drip, to... |
| 2 | Arabic | ط | ط |
| 3 | Nabataean | 𐢋 | — |
| 4 | Classical Syriac | ܛ | number nine |
| 5 | Aramaic | ט | — |
| 6 | Aramaic | 𐡈 | A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓄤 | — |