English Words from Arabic
tariff
التَّعْرِيف
taʿrīf
A list that 'makes known' the fees became the word for customs duties.
- Meaning in Arabic
- making known, notification
- Arabic today says
- التَّعْرِيفَة
The path between languagestaʿrīf → tariffa → tariff
It left Arabic and came back to it in its European form.
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