Where does “تمساح” come from?

تمساح (Persian) comes from Arabic تِمْسَاح, from Coptic ⲙⲥⲁϩ, from Egyptian mzḥ — crocodile.

تمساح (Persian): alligator

Definitions

  1. alligator

Ancestry of “تمساح”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتِمْسَاح—
2Copticⲙⲥⲁϩcrocodile
3Egyptianmzḥcrocodile
Every word from Egyptian mzḥ →Every word from Coptic ⲙⲥⲁϩ →Every word from Arabic تِمْسَاح →