English
Zaara
Zaara comes from Arabic صَحْرَاء ‘deserts’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentصَحْرَاءṣaḥārāas صَحَارَى‘deserts’
- Englishearliest quotation 1781Zaara
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentصَحْرَاءṣaḥārāas صَحَارَى‘deserts’
- Englishearliest quotation 1781Zaara
Earliest quotation: 1781, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Lions: “The lions of Mount Atlas, the summit of which…”
Every English word from Arabic صَحْرَاء
Today it means
name Sahara
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic صَحْرَاء / Zaara