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Re: Borrowing Wordlist

From:Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Date:Friday, October 22, 2004, 4:47
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:59:14 -0400, Jeffrey Henning <jeffrey@...> wrote:
> Sikere! ("Thanks", from Hindi and Arabic /sh*k*r/ forms)
Oh! Does that mean that Arabic "shukran" and Turkish "teşekkürler" are related? Never thought about a possible derivation from Arabic! Cheers, -- Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> Watch the Reply-To!