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Although Quran is in Arabic, there are many words in Quran text, rooted other than Semitic languages, which are difficult to distinguish due to common linguistic etymology [1]. According to Rippin, more than 300 words in the Quran are borrowed from Hebrew, Syriac, Aramaic, Nabataean, Persian, Coptic, Latin, and ancient Greek and Utopian.[2]
From Greek
[edit]- Arabic: مجوس, romanized: Majus: From Majus (22.17)
- Arabic: قسطاس, romanized: Kystas: From Kerykes (26.182)
From Roman
[edit]- Arabic: قصر, romanized: Qasr: From castrum (22.45)
- Arabic: بلد, romanized: Balad: From Palatium (90)
- Arabic: صراط, romanized: Sirat: From strata (1.5)
- Arabic: عتیق, romanized: Atiq: From antiquus (22.33)
- Arabic: قنطار, romanized: Qentar: From centenarium (3.75)
- Arabic: أنجیل, romanized: Engil: From Evangelion (57.27)
- Arabic: دینار, romanized: Dinar: From Denarius (3.75)