Where does “حديث” come from?
حديث (Arabic) comes from Arabic حَدِيث, from Arabic حَدَّثَ — to tell, relate, report.
حديث (Arabic): new; recent; modern
Ancestry of “حديث”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | حَدِيث | Prophetic tradition; new, recent, modern; story,... |
| 2 | Arabic | حَدَّثَ | to tell, relate, report |