تاريخ

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Arabic

Etymology

Likely a borrowing from (the broken plural of) a corresponding form II verbal noun formation of Old South Arabian 𐩥𐩧𐩭 (wrḫ /⁠warḫ⁠/, month; date) from Proto-Semitic *warḫ- (moon; month) not retained in Arabic.

Less common أَرَّخَ (ʔarraḵa, to date, to write the date) and its verbal noun تَأْرِيخ (taʔrīḵ) were then formed secondarily.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taː.riːx/
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Noun

تَارِيخ (tārīḵm (plural تَوَارِيخ (tawārīḵ))

  1. date, time
  2. history
  3. chronicles, annals

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References

  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “تاريخ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 46b
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ءرخ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 15b
  • Weninger, Stefan (2009) “Der Jemen als lexikalisches Ausstrahlungszentrum in der Antike”, in Philologisches und Historisches zwischen Anatolien und Sokotra. Analecta Semitica in memoriam Alexander Sima (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrasowitz, →ISBN, page 399 Nr. 2

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ء ر خ
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic تَارِيخ (tārīḵ).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /taː.riːx/,

Noun

تاريخ (tārīḵm (plural تواريخ (tawārīḵ))

  1. history
  2. date