Where does “ቅጠብ” come from?
ቅጠብ (Tigre) comes from Arabic قطب, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט, from Aramaic 𐡈, from Egyptian 𓄤.
ቅጠብ (Tigre): caltrop (Tribulus terrestris)
Definitions
- caltrop (Tribulus terrestris)
Ancestry of “ቅጠብ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | قطب | to gather, to collect; to mix the wine, to fill... |
| 2 | Arabic | ط | ط |
| 3 | Nabataean | 𐢋 | — |
| 4 | Classical Syriac | ܛ | number nine |
| 5 | Aramaic | ט | — |
| 6 | Aramaic | 𐡈 | A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓄤 | — |