فلك

See also: فلک

Arabic

Etymology 1

Belonging to the root ف ل ك (f-l-k).

Noun

فَلَك (falak) m (plural أَفْلَاك (ʾaflāk))

  1. orbit, rounded course
  2. sphere
  3. orb
  4. (عِلْم الْفَلَك (ʿilm al-falak)) astronomy
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Amharic: ፈለክ (fäläk)
  • Ge'ez: ፈለክ (fäläk)
  • Persian: فلک (falak)
  • Swahili: falaki

References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 159

Etymology 2

Belonging to the root ف ل ك (f-l-k). Perhaps, however, unrelated to etymology 1 and instead from Ancient Greek ἐφόλκιον (ephólkion).

Noun

فُلْك (fulk) m or f (plural فُلْك (fulk))

  1. ship
Declension
Descendants
  • Swahili: falka (perhaps)

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 212
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 229-230
  • Vollers, Karl (1897), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 51, page 300
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