Where does “اسلامي” come from?
اسلامي (Arabic) comes from Pashto اسلام, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.
Ancestry of “اسلامي”, step by step
اسلامي traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Pashto اسلام
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pashto | اسلام | Islam |
| 2 | Arabic | إِسْلَام | submission; religious submission to God, Islam;... |
| 3 | Arabic | أَسْلَمَ | to surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted |
| 4 | Arabic | ل | to, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express... |
| 5 | Proto-Semitic | *lV- | for, to |
via Arabic ـِي
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | ـِي | relative adjective suffix |
via Pashto ي
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pashto | ي | indicates the third person plural present form of verbs |