Where does “جاهلي” come from?

جاهلي (Arabic) comes from Arabic ـِيّ — {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

جاهلي (Arabic): pagan, heathen; a pagan, pre-Islamic poet of the...

Definitions

  1. pagan, heathen; a pagan, pre-Islamic poet of the...

Ancestry of “جاهلي”, step by step

جاهلي traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ـِيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

via Arabic جَاهِل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجَاهِلignorant, fool, uneducated
Every word from Arabic ـِيّ