English Words from Arabic
crimson
القِرْمِزِيّ
qirmizī
A deep red made from a tiny insect; the same colour in both languages.
- Meaning in Arabic
- kermes-red
- Before Arabic
- Sanskrit kṛmi-ja, 'made by worms' (American Heritage)
- Arabic today says
- القِرْمِزِيّ
The path between languagesqirmizī → crimson
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