Etymology

Keserwan

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Today it means: A region and eponymous administrative district of Lebanon Full definition →

North Levantine Arabic كِسْرْوَان ← Arabic كِسْرَوَان ← Classical Persian خُسْرُوَان
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The story

  1. Classical Persian · derived fromخُسْرُوَان“kings”
  2. Arabic · derived fromكِسْرَوَان
  3. North Levantine Arabic · borrowed fromكِسْرْوَان
  4. English todayKeserwan

Adapted from North Levantine Arabic كِسْرْوَان (kisrwān), from earlier Arabic كِسْرَوَان (kisrawān), from Classical Persian خُسْرُوَان (xusruwān, “kings”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.