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there are also many turkish words with arabic origin ( i mean turkish spoken in turkey as there are many different classifications ).


just an example you say merhaba in turkish ( i i think its ehlen or merhaban in arabic ) , i wonder what is the meaning of merhaba if there is any ?

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Nani

Hi Mulitilingual ,

we say marhaba in Arabic , well, the turkish Merhaba is derived from the Arabic marhaba
This word is said to the visitor when he comes to your home, so you are telling him , you are welocme with easiness. Marhaban bek , and it is derived from the word ( rahb ) which means wideness, and easiness.

DigitaL MasteR

Hey Salim,
very interesting topic, I think that this all happened when in the past, the Arabic Nation was very strong and was the nation of science and trading and that’s is why the other languages used words from Arabic and then these words became part of these other languages, it's the same for English these days I guess.

Thank u Salim

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xpsal

Yes you're right, Arabic was the language of science in the meditteranean, and other nations would send students to the Arabic schools, so many new scientific words in Arabic were used by students who studied in Arabic country in the 8-14 centuries ...
Also when Muslims conquered other places they left a strong influence of language and religion.

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abu_dana

Salam aleykum,
I agree with you that the impact of Arabic language was great, it is still felt, but also Arabic language absorbed some Turkic words too like Ombashi, commander of the ten soldiers, it's like sergeants in some Arab countries' armies.
I think it comes from On = 10 (corruption Om), bashi = means head in Turkic or Turkish. In Arabic 10 - different word ashara, right??
Lots of other military words, commands etc. I just looked into the dictionary

But I agree that Arabic is classic no doubt about that.

And merhaba is of Arabic origin, yes. It's true.

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sflor

Salam!

I liked this topic very much, so....

Some of the legacy from Arabic to Portuguese, probably you know it already, but here it goes:

Alambic El inbiq Alambique
Alcazar El Kazar Alcácer (There´s a village in Portugal with this name)
Alchimie El kimia Alquimia
Alcool El Kuhl Álcool
Alcôve Alcoba Alcova
Alezan Alazan Alazão
Alfa Halfa Alfa
Algèbre El djabr Álgebra
Algorithme El khaouarisme Algoritmo
Almanach El-manakh Almanaque
Amalgame Al malgama Amálgama
Ambre El anbar Âmbar
Amiral Amir El Bahr Almirante / Emir
Arsenal arsenale Arsenal
Azimut Alsamt Azimute
Benzène Benzine Benzina
Calibre Qualib Calibre
Café Kahwa Café
Calife Khalifa Califa
Camphre Kafour Cânfora
Carafe Caraffa Garrafa
Chiffre sifra Cifra
Douane Doana Aduaneiro (it´s the adjective)
Ecarlate Saqirlat Escarlate
Elixir Al-Iksir Elixir
Fakir Faqir Faquir
Fardeau Fard Fardo
Felouque Faluca Feluca (They´re lovely )
Magasin Makhazine Magasine
Momie Moumia Múmia (They´re a bit scary )
Nuque Nuqua Nuca
Orange Narandj Laranja
Raquette Rahat Raquete
Razzia Razya Razia
Sirop Charab Xarope
Sofa Suffa Sofá
Sucre Asucare Açúcar
Talc Talq Talco
Tasse Tassa Taça
Zénith Samt Zénite
Zéro Sifr Zero

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sflor

I´ve picked xpsal´s vocabulary.... yes ... but for a good reason: I´ve found some similar words in Portuguese.

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