Fun fact: the English word “tariffs “ comes from the Arabic word “Ta’rif”

So basically every time you say “tariffs “ you are actually saying an Arabic word .

Anyways how much tariffs has Trump placed on your country? 🤔

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HootyTheNightOwl

Close enough, eh???

According to Google, Tariffs is:-

late 16th century (also denoting an arithmetical table): via French from Italian tariffa, based on Arabic ‘arrafa ‘notify’.

Moon3624 · 18-21, F

@HootyTheNightOwl I am sorry I do not understand what you meant by close enough ?

The English word tariff comes from Italian/ French
Which they themselves derived it from the Arabic word ta”rif

The word Arrafa which you mentioned is actually the past verb form of the Arabic noun Ta’rif/Ta’rifa

Ta’rif means notify , definition , description

HootyTheNightOwl

@Moon3624 I mean that it is "Close enough", because it is inaccurate according to Google. Google uses the word "arrafa". Then the Italians picked the word up and shared it with us and the French.

Moon3624 · 18-21, F

@HootyTheNightOwl
And I got my information from google
And I’m also a native Arabic speaker
So my information is more accurate with all due respect .

You shared the past verb form
While I shared the noun

I mentioned the English noun tariffs so it corresponds to the Arabic noun ta’rif
So I am right

If i had said something like ” I have been tariffed “
Which is past verb
Then arrafa is the right Arabic word.

That’d all there is it to it