Where does “سرداب” come from?
سرداب (Arabic) comes from Persian سرداب, from Persian سردابه, from Persian آب, from Arabic آب, from Classical Syriac ܐܒ, from Aramaic אב, from Akkadian Abum, from Proto-Semitic ʔabw- — father.
سرداب (Arabic): basement
Definitions
- basement
Ancestry of “سرداب”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | سرداب | basement |
| 2 | Persian | سردابه | — |
| 3 | Persian | آب | water; liquid; juice |
| 4 | Arabic | آب | to return, to come back; to repent; to incur,... |
| 5 | Classical Syriac | ܐܒ | August |
| 6 | Aramaic | אב | absolute form of אַבָּא |
| 7 | Akkadian | Abum | Abu, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar (approximately July-August) |
| 8 | Proto-Semitic | ʔabw- | father |
| 9 | Proto-Afroasiatic | ʔab- | father |