ṭwq / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root ṭwq: czardas, pataca.

ṭwq

Arabic root, to be able, be capable, sustain, support.

1. pataca, from Arabic ṭāqa, window, from ṭāqa, to be able, be capable, sustain, in derived stem ṭawwaqa, to surround, enclose. (The name of the coin, ʔabūṭaqa, "father of a window" derives from a scene on early piasters picturing the columns of Hercules, mistaken for windows.)

2. czardas, from Arabic ṭāq, arch.

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