Where does “file” come from?
file (Northern Kurdish) comes from Arabic فَلَّاح, from Classical Syriac ܦܠܚܐ, from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܦܵܠܹܚ, from Aramaic פלחא, from Aramaic פ-ל-ח.
file (Northern Kurdish): Armenian; Christian; peasant, farmer
Definitions
- Armenian; Christian; peasant, farmer
Ancestry of “file”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | فَلَّاح | farmer; peasant |
| 2 | Classical Syriac | ܦܠܚܐ | servant, attendant, agent, minister; artisan;... |
| 3 | Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | ܦܵܠܹܚ | — |
| 4 | Aramaic | פלחא | servant, attendant; worshipper; artisan |
| 5 | Aramaic | פ-ל-ח | — |