The non-Arabic origin of this word was recognised by the mediaeval philologists, but the often-cited derivation of the participle muʾarrak̲h̲ “dated”, from a supposed Persian compound māh-rōz “month-day”, is naturally fanciful. In fact, it clearly belongs to the common Semitic root for “moo…
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De Blois, F.C.,
Van Dalen, B.,
Humphreys, R.S.,
Marin, Manuela,
Lambton, Ann K.S,
Woodhead, Christine,
Athar Ali, M.,
Hunwick, J.O.,
Freeman-Grenville, G.S.P.,
Proudfoot, I. et al.,
“Taʾrīk̲h̲”, in:
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs.
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