Noun: talisman
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | talisman |
| Pl. | talismans; talismannen |
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Etymology
1. Borrowed from French talisman, from Arabic طِلَسْم (ṭilasm), from Ancient Greek τέλεσμα (télesma).
2. * 1644, Johan de Brune, de Jonge, Wetsteen der vernuften, publ. by Iacob Lescaille, page 46.
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4. […] d'Arabiers geven 'er de naam van Talisman aan; gelijk Scaliger in zijn Fransche brieven getuigt.
5. […] the Arabs give to it the name of Talisman; like Scaliger attests in his French letters. See: French Nouns '
talisman', Ancient Greek Nouns '
τέλεσμα'.
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