al-Khwarizmi

English

Etymology

From Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ælˈxwɑrɪzˌmi/[1]

Proper noun

al-Khwarizmi

Persian mathematician (c. 780 – c. 850), the father of algebra.

Translations

Translations

Arabic: الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy)
Latin: Algorizmi
Persian: خوارزمی (xwârazmi)
Turkish: Harezmi

References

“Khwarizmi, al-”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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