Where does “əhli-dünya” come from?
əhli-dünya (Azerbaijani) comes from Persian اهل دنیا, from Persian اهل, from Arabic أَهْل, from Proto-Semitic *ʔahl-.
əhli-dünya (Azerbaijani): people of the world
Ancestry of “əhli-dünya”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | اهل دنیا | people of the world |
| 2 | Persian | اهل | people; inhabitant; citizen |
| 3 | Arabic | أَهْل | family, membership; family, kinfolk; people,... |
| 4 | Proto-Semitic | *ʔahl- | — |