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==From Greek== ==From ancient Greek==
* {{langx|ar|مجوس|translit=Majus}}: From ] (22.17) * {{langx|ar|مجوس|translit=Majus}}: From ] (22.17)
* {{langx|ar|قسطاس|translit=Kystas}}: From ] (26.182) * {{langx|ar|قسطاس|translit=Kystas}}: From ] (26.182)


==From Roman== ==From ancient Roman==
* {{langx|ar|قصر|translit=Qasr}}: From ] (22.45) * {{langx|ar|قصر|translit=Qasr}}: From ] (22.45)
* {{langx|ar|بلد|translit=Balad}}: From ] (90) * {{langx|ar|بلد|translit=Balad}}: From ] (90)
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Although the Quranic text is in Arabic, there are many words with roots in other Semitic languages and non-Semitic languages, the former words are difficult to distinguish due to common linguistic etymology . According to Rippin, more than 300 words in the Quran are borrowed from Hebrew, Syriac, Aramaic, Nabataean, Persian, Coptic, Latin, ancient Greek and Utopian.

From ancient Greek

From ancient Roman

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From ancient Turkic

References

  1. Lexical Borrowing in the Qur’ān
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