Etymograph

English

Mahjar

Mahjar comes from Arabic الْمَهْجَر.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentالْمَهْجَرal-mahjar
  2. EnglishtodayMahjar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentالْمَهْجَرal-mahjar
  2. EnglishtodayMahjar

Today it means

name A literary movement started by Arabic-speaking writers who had emigrated to America from Ottoman-ruled Lebanon, Syria and Palestine at the turn of the 20th century.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic الْمَهْجَر / Mahjar