Words Arabic Took In
zīg
الزِّيج
zīj
Zīj, the Arabic word for a book of astronomical tables, comes from Persian zīg, 'cord, thread': the crossing rows and columns of the tables looked like the threads of a weave.
- Came
- From Persian
- Original meaning
- cord, thread; a bowstring
- Meaning in Arabic
- a book of astronomical tables
«الزيج كتابٌ منه يُحسب سير الكواكب ومنه يُستخرج التقويم… وهو بالفارسية: زِه، أي الوتر، ثم أُعرب فقيل: الزيج، وجمعه: زِيَجَة.»
The path between languageszīg «cord» → zīj «astronomical tables»
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