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One Semitic root for "head" across 5 languages. HE rōʾš → Rosh Hashanah AR ra's → head, Ras al-Khaimah Aramaic rēsh → resh galutha Amharic ras → Ethiopian noble title Maltese ras → the only Semitic survival in a Latin-script EU language Also: Rastafari, from Ras Tafari.