Larita Sturkey
Friday, August 5, 2011
The etymology of sapphire is from saturn?
Some etymologists propose an old Sanskrit origin to the Semitic word "sappir": a dark colored precious stone called "Shanipriya" (शनिप्रिय), from "shani" (शनि) meaning "Saturn" and "priya" (प्रिय), precious, i.e. "precious to Saturn".[1]
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