To: jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] "adam" in Turkish
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 13:46:50 EDT
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.
Solomon Landers
In a message dated 04/04/2004 9:37:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net writes:
> I was reviewing **B. Blake's definition of case and came across a Turkish
> example with the word "adam" which means man. Well, this looks kind of
> familiar does it not?
>
> Is "adam" in Turkish a loan word and if so from what language?
>
> greetings,
> Clay Bartholomew
>