Etymograph

English

Mosul

Mosul comes from Ottoman Turkish موصل, and goes back to Arabic الْمَوْصِل.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentالْمَوْصِلal-mawṣil
  2. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928موصلmosul
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2015Mosul

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentالْمَوْصِلal-mawṣil
  2. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928موصلmosul
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2015Mosul

Earliest quotation: 2015, Ben Wedeman, Video shows ISIS militants destroying antiquities in Iraq: “New video released by ISIS shows militants smashing what…”

Every English word from Arabic الْمَوْصِل

Today it means

name The capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq.

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Etymograph / Arabic الْمَوْصِل / Mosul

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