Where does “عود” come from?

عود (Arabic) comes from Arabic عَادَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

عود (Arabic): wood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig

Definitions

  1. wood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig

Ancestry of “عود”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَادَto return, go back
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “عود”

Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →