English
Sahara
Sahara comes from Arabic صَحْرَاء ‘deserts’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentصَحْرَاءṣaḥārāas صَحَارَى‘deserts’
- Englishearliest quotation 1978Sahara
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Arabicc. 500–presentصَحْرَاءṣaḥārāas صَحَارَى‘deserts’
- Englishearliest quotation 1978Sahara
Earliest quotation: 1978, 1976, Leszek Kołakowski: “[…] he nevertheless assures us that if it were…”
Every English word from Arabic صَحْرَاء
Today it means
name A desert mostly in North Africa and the largest hot desert in the world.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic صَحْرَاء / Sahara