فرصة
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فرصة¹
- /fur.sˤa/
Where it comes from
While it would be tempting to connect to the root ف ر ص (f r ṣ) related to slitting, being the timespan in which one’s camels have access to a body of water shared with other herders, Aramaic פורסא / ܦܘܪܣܐ (pursā, “way out, knack, strategy, scheme”), from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros), acknowledging its pervasive colloquial use, should be believed to have developed its semantics to a “chance, opportunity, occasion” as well and therefore served as the source of the present Arabic term.
فرصة²
- /fir.sˤa/
Where it comes from
From فَرَصَ (faraṣa, “to slit up”).
noun فِرْصَة · firṣa · فِرَاص · الْفِرْصَة
- a rag to wipe the catamenia, pad
In English
- opportunity chance for advancement, progress or profit
- chance an opportunity or possibility
- occasion favorable opportunity
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