Etymograph

English

Warka

Warka comes from Arabic وركاء.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentوركاء
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1936Warka

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentوركاء
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1936Warka

Earliest quotation: 1936, M. E. L. Mallowan, Review of The Development of Sumerian Art: “The discovery in Uruk of a brecciated limestone vase…”

Today it means

name Synonym of Uruk, the ancient city or the modern archaeological site.

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

Etymograph / Arabic وركاء / Warka