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  • From: CS Bartholomew <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] "adam" in Turkish
  • Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 12:52:11 -0700

On 4/4/04 10:46 AM, "Awohili AT aol.com" <Awohili AT aol.com> wrote:

> Since the Turks have a long Islamic history, it is possibly from Arabic via
> Hebrew. The Qur'an calls the first man "Adam" just like the Hebrew Bible.

Thank you Solomon,

Arabic was my first guess but looking at K&B under )DM they listed Ug.,
Akk., Eth., Arb., Ph., ... so I thought this word might actually predate the
Islamic period in Turkish.

But you are probably right, Arabic is the most logical source.


greetings,
Clay Bartholomew







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