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| | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== |
| − | From {{etyl|ar}} {{term|جن|sc=Arab|lang=ar|tr=jinn||a mythical race of supernatural creatures}}. | + | From {{etyl|ar}} {{term|جن|lang=ar|tr=jinn||a mythical race of supernatural creatures}}. |
| | </pre> | | </pre> |
| | Which produces the following display: | | Which produces the following display: |
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| − | :From {{etyl|ar}} {{term|جن|sc=Arab|lang=ar|tr=jinn||a mythical race of supernatural creatures}}. | + | :From {{etyl|ar}} {{term|جن|lang=ar|tr=jinn||a mythical race of supernatural creatures}}. |
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| | The template does three things: | | The template does three things: |
| | # It displays the name of the language of origin; | | # It displays the name of the language of origin; |
| | # It links to the Wikipedia article about [[Arabic]]; and | | # It links to the Wikipedia article about [[Arabic]]; and |
| − | # Automatically categorizes the entry in the [[:Category:Arabic derivations]]. | + | # Automatically categorizes the entry in the [[:Category:English terms derived from Arabic]]. |
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| | This template also works for languages other than English if another parameter is added using the [[ISO]] code for the language. So, for the Spanish word {{term|cero|lang=es}}, the Etymology section contains the following code: | | This template also works for languages other than English if another parameter is added using the [[ISO]] code for the language. So, for the Spanish word {{term|cero|lang=es}}, the Etymology section contains the following code: |
| | <pre> | | <pre> |
| − | From {{etyl|it|es}} {{term|zero|lang=it}}, from Biblical Latin {{term|zephyrum|zephy̆rum|sc=unicode|lang=la}}, from {{etyl|xaa|es}} {{term||tr=ṣífr|sc=Arab|lang=xaa}}, from Classical {{etyl|ar|es}} {{term|صفر|صفـر|tr=Sifr|sc=Arab|lang=ar|zero, nothing, empty, void}}. | + | From {{etyl|it|es}} {{term|zero|lang=it}}, from Biblical Latin {{term|zephyrum|zephy̆rum|sc=unicode|lang=la}}, |
| | + | from {{etyl|xaa|es}} {{term||tr=ṣífr|sc=Arab|lang=xaa}}, from Classical {{etyl|ar|es}} {{term|صفر|صفـر|tr=Sifr|sc=Arab|lang=ar|zero, nothing, empty, void}}. |
| | </pre> | | </pre> |
| | Which produces the following display: | | Which produces the following display: |
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| − | :From {{etyl|it|es}} {{term|zero|lang=it}}, from Biblical Latin {{term|zephyrum|zephy̆rum|sc=unicode|lang=la}}, from {{etyl|xaa|es}} {{term||tr=ṣífr|sc=Arab|lang=xaa}}, from Classical {{etyl|ar|es}} {{term|صفر|صفـر|tr=Sifr|sc=Arab|lang=ar|zero, nothing, empty, void}}. | + | :From {{etyl|it|es}} {{term|zero|lang=it}}, from Biblical Latin {{term|zephyrum|zephy̆rum|sc=unicode|lang=la}}, |
| | + | from {{etyl|xaa|es}} {{term||tr=ṣífr|sc=Arab|lang=xaa}}, from Classical {{etyl|ar|es}} {{term|صفر|صفـر|tr=Sifr|sc=Arab|lang=ar|zero, nothing, empty, void}}. |
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| − | and classifies the entry in [[:Category:es:Italian derivations]] and [[:Category:es:Arabic derivations]]. | + | and classifies the entry in [[:Category:Spanish terms derived from Italian]] and [[:Category:Spanish terms derived from Arabic]]. |
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| | ===Arab=== | | ===Arab=== |
