Etymology

muqarnas

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Today it means: A type of corbel used for decoration in Islamic and Persian architecture. Full definition →

Arabic مُقَرْنَص ← Ancient Greek κορωνίς ← Persian مقرنس
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The story

  1. Persian · derived fromمقرنس
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromκορωνίς“curved”
  3. Arabic · derived fromمُقَرْنَص
  4. English todaymuqarnas

From Arabic مُقَرْنَص (muqarnaṣ) (passive participle of قَرْنِيص (qarnīṣ), from Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís, “curved”)), or Persian مقرنس (moqarnas).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκορωνίς all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.