Arabic in Cards

Words Arabic Took In

Zīj, astrolabe, falsafa: words Arabic took from others and shaped to its own patterns.

23 cards
zīj asṭurlāb falsafa

Why these cards?

Each card is a word Arabic took from another language: its origin and first meaning, its meaning in Arabic, and what an early Arab scholar said of it, from his own book. No origin is given unless both the classical sources and a modern dictionary support it.

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zīj
zīg
asṭurlāb
astrolabos
falsafa
philosophia
dīwān
dīvān
bustān
bōstān
firdaws
pairidaēza
barnāmaj
barnāma
ibrīq
āb-rēz
qānūn
kanōn
iqlīm
klima
qīrāṭ
keration
tiryāq
thēriakē
mūsīqā
mousikē
dirham
drachmē
dīnār
denarius
qinṭār
centenarium
ṣirāṭ
strāta
iṣṭabl
stabulum
qirṭās
chartēs
qālūn
kalon
bunduq
pontikon (karyon)
tannūr
tannūrā
narjis
Narkissos