Where does “དེབ” come from?
དེབ (Tibetan) comes from Tibetan དེབ་ཐེར, from Persian دفتر, from Arabic دفتر, from Indonesian daftar, from Arabic دَفْتَر, from Aramaic דפתרא, from Classical Syriac ܕܦܬܪܐ, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα.
དེབ (Tibetan): book; notebook, leaflet
Definitions
- book; notebook, leaflet
Ancestry of “དེབ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | དེབ་ཐེར | annals, records |
| 2 | Persian | دفتر | register, account book; notebook; office |
| 3 | Arabic | دفتر | register; roster; notebook; copybook; exercise... |
| 4 | Indonesian | daftar | list, register |
| 5 | Arabic | دَفْتَر | register; notebook |
| 6 | Aramaic | דפתרא | — |
| 7 | Classical Syriac | ܕܦܬܪܐ | parchment, hide; account book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | διφθέρα | prepared hide, piece of leather; especially as... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | dipʰtʰérā | — |