The things you learn: Murat

[pne]

I happened across a list of Turkish given names in the German Wikipedia and saw an entry: "Murat: (from Arabic) desired".

And thought, hey! That looks like it's related to trid "to want" in Maltese, presumably the participle.

Always interesting when connections suddenly strike you. And when the little Maltese I picked up helps me figure out something in Arabic (including loans into languages such as Turkish).

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And Recep (as in Recep Tayyip Erdoğan) is apparently the month of Rajab. (No points for guessing where "Tayyip" comes from.)

Comments

[wingflutter.livejournal.com]

Malta was invaded by the Turks back in the 16th Century so I'm sure we managed to pick up some of their lingo, as we did with every other nation that attacked us :)

I love your geeky language posts!

[pne.livejournal.com]

Malta was invaded by the Turks back in the 16th Century so I'm sure we managed to pick up some of their lingo, as we did with every other nation that attacked us :)

I suppose so!

But these Turkish words are ultimately from Arabic (possibly via Persian), so I think it's more likely to be a genetic relationship than a borrowed one.

[wingflutter.livejournal.com]

a little bit of everything I suppose. you've made me want to pick up a Maltese history book! I should thank you for that :) x

[pne.livejournal.com]

Oh, and:

I love your geeky language posts!

Thanks! Glad to hear it!