English
Tariq
Tariq comes from Arabic طَارِق ‘messenger, nocturnal visitor, or morning star’, and goes back to طَرَقَ ‘to knock, to rap’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentطَرَقَṭaraqa‘to knock, to rap’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentطَارِقṭāriq‘messenger, nocturnal visitor, or morning star’
- EnglishtodayTariq
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentطَرَقَṭaraqa‘to knock, to rap’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentطَارِقṭāriq‘messenger, nocturnal visitor, or morning star’
- EnglishtodayTariq
Every English word from Arabic طَرَقَ
Today it means
name The 86th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic طَرَقَ / Tariq