Where does “سجن مؤبد” come from?

سجن مؤبد (Arabic) comes from Persian موبد, from Middle Persian mgwpt', from Proto-Iranian magupati-.

سجن مؤبد (Arabic): life imprisonment

Definitions

  1. life imprisonment

Ancestry of “سجن مؤبد”, step by step

سجن مؤبد traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian موبد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianموبدmobad, a Zoroastrian priest
2Middle Persianmgwpt'—
3Proto-Iranianmagupati-—

via Arabic سَجْن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicسَجْن—
Every word from Proto-Iranian magupati- →Every word from Middle Persian mgwpt' →Every word from Persian موبد →