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Where does “قاموس” come from?

قاموس (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic قَامُوس, from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός — the great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a...

قاموس (Ottoman Turkish): dictionary; ocean

Definitions

  1. dictionary; ocean

Ancestry of “قاموس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقَامُوس—
2Ancient Greekὠκεανόςocean
3Ancient GreekὨκεανόςthe great earth-encircling river; Oceanus, a...
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