English
Mahjar
Mahjar comes from Arabic الْمَهْجَر.
- Arabicc. 500–presentالْمَهْجَرal-mahjar
- EnglishtodayMahjar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentالْمَهْجَرal-mahjar
- EnglishtodayMahjar
Every English word from Arabic الْمَهْجَر
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