Etymology

Maryam

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Today it means: A female given name from Arabic. Full definition →

Arabic مَرْيَم ← Persian مریم
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The story

  1. Persian · derived fromمریم
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromمَرْيَم
  3. English todayMaryam

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam) and Persian مریم (maryam). Doublet of Mary, Maria, and Miriam.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.