Smaragd Definition
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Origin of Smaragd
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From Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smaragdos), μάραγδος (maragdos), from Semitic root b-r-q “to shoot lightning, to flash in darkness", compare Hebrew בָּרֶקֶת (bareket, “emerald, flashing gem"), Akkadian [script?] (barruktu).
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Sanskrit मरकत (marakata) from Semitic. Persian zumrud (whence Turkish zümrüd, whence Russian izumrud) from Ancient Greek.
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