Where does “عيد الفطر” come from?

عيد الفطر (Arabic) comes from Arabic فطر, from Arabic فَطَرَ, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט‬, from Aramaic 𐡈, from Egyptian 𓄤.

عيد الفطر (Arabic): Eid al-Fitr

Definitions

  1. Eid al-Fitr

Ancestry of “عيد الفطر”, step by step

عيد الفطر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic فطر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفطرto rip apart, to rend the seam, to cleave, to...
2Arabicفَطَرَto create; break a fast
3Arabicطط
4Nabataean𐢋
5Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
6Aramaicט‬
7Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
8Egyptian𓄤

via Arabic عِيد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعِيدholiday, carnival; feast, festival; holiday,...
2Arabicمحمدcommendable, laudable, praised, praiseworthy;...
3Arabicحَمَّدَto praise, commend, laud; to praise, commend,...
4Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
5Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-
Every word from Egyptian 𓄤Every word from Aramaic 𐡈Every word from Aramaic ט‬