Etymology

Barqah

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Arabic برقة ← Medieval Greek Βάρκη
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The story

  1. Medieval Greek · derived fromΒάρκη
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromبرقة
  3. English todayBarqah

From Arabic برقة (Barqa), from Medieval Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from Ancient Greek, from the local tribe of the Barraci.

Words from the same roots

Arabicبرقة all →

BarkaBarqa

Medieval GreekΒάρκη all →

BarkaBarqa

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.