Arabic exports

taj

An Iranian word for 'crown' that Arabic borrowed before Islam; English took taj 'tall cap of distinction' from Arabic and Persian in the 1850s, and it is also the first half of Taj Mahal.

Weakest linkProbable

The road to English

From Arabic to Persian, Urdu

From Arabic to Ottoman Turkish, Turkish

From Arabic to Swahili

250 CEMiddle Persian

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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