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Do you see any similarity with the English word "Techno" and the Arabic word "Taqnia"?

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Question added by saleh Abdu , Administrative Officer , Fawaz A Alhokair & Co.
Date Posted: 2017/03/11

Hello,

The word "Technia" was the result of Arabization to the English word "Technology". On another note, the English word itself isn't an ancient English word, but rather a derived word from The ancient languages of Greek and Rome. Later on, English got the word from the German word "Teknologie". English is not as ancient and you can feel free to expect most of their words to be derived from other languages such as Latin, Greek, Roman, or Arabic. Now back to the Arabic language, the Arabic Language Academy in Damascus have settled on the word "Tecqnia" to be the Arabic equivalent of the English word "Technology". Yet, the community used the English word itself more common. Not all countries agreed with the Arabic Language Academy thought.

 

Thank you for allowing me time to answer. 

zineb bouhnik
by zineb bouhnik , أستاذ مؤقت , جامعة الوادي

Arabic language has got a lot of forieng words from the other languages, one of them is the word that you speak about, of course it has a lot of adventages and disadventages to the mother language but we use it.

Obaid ur Rehman
by Obaid ur Rehman , HR Executive , Al Bahr Al Arabi Marine Engineering Services

I am sorry i am not expert of languages. So i would love to get knowledge by the answers given by experts.

samer abokela
by samer abokela , مدير موارد بشرية , مستشفى عقبة بن نافع

thanks

Yes, where is the Arab mother languages and there are good examples are many, Tmam, .... and figures used are Arabic numerals originally

Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi
by Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi , Shared Services Supervisor , Saudi Musheera Co. Ltd.

yes it same because Arabic words have more kinds to deliver same types

 

Amir Ageeb
by Amir Ageeb , Content Senior Specialist , Elm Company

I found no Arabic origins for the word "Taqina".

Actually, it is – Taqina, a foreign word that has been suggested in the Arab Academy of Damascus, and adopted or (Arabicised) by the Arab League and several other countries, to mean "Technology", which is an applied science that studies various industries and crafts, in order to develop them for a so-called possible implementation.

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