![]() A shorter list, of words directly borrowed from Persian, would be more interesting, because it actually would tell us something. A long long list of English words of Persian origin flatters cultural vanity. From Persian? or directly from Arabic? I don't know. ![]() Good, then the word probably belongs here (among other places) Lethe | Talk It's a Persian borrowing from Arabic, then, isn't it, as it's a parallel English borrowing. 21 The article is currently a mess of falsehoods and has been for yearsĪmerican Heritage Dictionary, online edition 4, says kismet is "Turkish, from Persian qismat, from Arabic qisma, lot, from qasama, to divide, allot.19 Most of these are not "English" words.13 Words not of Persian origin, but themselves borrowed in Persian.12.1 No Persian origin listed in OED etymology.
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