تاريخ

العربية

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تاريخ

/taː.riːx/

Where it comes from

Likely a borrowing from (the broken plural of) a corresponding form II verbal noun formation of Old South Arabian 𐩥𐩧𐩭 (wrḫ /⁠warḫ⁠/, “month; date”) from Proto-Semitic *warḫ- (“moon; month”) not retained in Arabic.

Less common أَرَّخَ (ʔarraḵa, “to date, to write the date”) and its verbal noun تَأْرِيخ (taʔrīḵ) were then formed secondarily.

noun تَارِيخ · tārīḵ · تَوَارِيخ · التَّارِيخ

date, time
history
chronicles, annals

In English

date that which specifies the time of writing, inscription etc.
chronology determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)
history aggregate of past events
chronicle a written account

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"تاريخ." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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تاريخ. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE

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"تاريخ." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {تاريخ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}