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Where does “يَهُودِيّ” come from?

يَهُودِيّ (Arabic) comes from Aramaic יְהוּדָיֵא, from Hebrew יהודי, from Hebrew י, from Hebrew יָד — hand.

يَهُودِيّ (Arabic): Jew, Jewish

Definitions

  1. Jew, Jewish

Ancestry of “يَهُودِيّ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicיְהוּדָיֵא—
2HebrewיהודיJewish: being a Jew, or relating to Jews or...
3Hebrewיten; {{n-g|one of the letters of the...
4Hebrewיָדhand

Words derived from “يَهُودِيّ”

  • Yahudi
  • Yahudilik
  • Yahudi
  • yəhudi
  • یاهودی
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