Arabic in Cards English Words from Arabic

English Words from Arabic

jasmine

اليَاسَمِين

yāsamīn

A Persian flower-name that Arabic carried west.

Meaning in Arabic
jasmine
Before Arabic
Persian
Arabic today says
اليَاسَمِين
The path between languagesyāsamīn → jasmine

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