Etymology

khoums

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Today it means: A subdivision of the Mauritanian ouguiya. 5 khoums equal one ouguiya. Full definition →

Arabic خُمْس (ḵums) ← Proto-Semitic *ḫamišum
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The story

  1. Proto-Semitic*ḫamišum
  2. Arabicخُمْس (ḵums)
  3. English todaykhoums

Borrowed from Arabic خُمْس (ḵums, “fifth”).

Words from the same roots

Arabicخُمْس all →

khums

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.