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Where does “zēbaq” come from?

zēbaq (Omani Arabic) comes from Arabic زِئْبَق, from Classical Syriac ܙܝܘܓ.

Ancestry of “zēbaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicزِئْبَقmercury
2Classical Syriacܙܝܘܓ—

Words derived from “zēbaq”

  • zebaki
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