Where does “قطر” come from?

قطر (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic قطر, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט‬, from Aramaic 𐡈, from Egyptian 𓄤.

قطر (South Levantine Arabic): to tow, to haul by latching onto a vehicle

Definitions

  1. to tow, to haul by latching onto a vehicle

Ancestry of “قطر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقطرto drip, to dribble, to trickle; to let drip, to...
2Arabicطط
3Nabataean𐢋
4Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
5Aramaicט‬
6Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
7Egyptian𓄤
Every word from Egyptian 𓄤Every word from Aramaic 𐡈Every word from Aramaic ט‬