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تارِيخ
history /taːˈriːx/
nounA1#663 most common
Also: date (on a calendar), chronicle, historical record
Example sentences
ما تاريخُ اليوم؟
What is today's date?
أُحِبُّ درسَ التاريخ.
I like the history class.
ما تاريخُ ميلادِكَ؟
What is your date of birth?
درستُ تاريخَ مصرَ القديمةِ في الجامعة.
I studied the history of ancient Egypt at university.
يُعَدُّ هذا الكتابُ مرجعاً مهمّاً في تاريخِ الفلسفةِ الإسلاميّة.
This book is considered an important reference in the history of Islamic philosophy.
لا يُمكِنُ فهمُ الحاضرِ دونَ دراسةِ التاريخِ بكلِّ تعقيداتِهِ وتناقضاتِه.
One cannot understand the present without studying history with all its complexities and contradictions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تاريخٌ | تواريخُ |
| Genitive | تاريخٍ | تواريخَ |
| Accusative | تاريخاً | تواريخَ |
| Vocative | يا تاريخُ | يا تواريخُ |
Word family
مؤرِّخhistorian
أرّخَto date, to chronicle
تاريخيّhistorical, historic
تأريخdating; historiography
تواريخdates; chronicles (plural)
Etymology
Tārīkh comes from the Arabic verb arrakha, to assign a date to something. Its triliteral root is ʾ-r-kh. Medieval lexicographers and modern Semitists have linked this root to an older Semitic word for moon or month, since early calendars counted months by the moon. From the sense of dating events, the word came to mean the record of the past, that is, history.
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