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Where does “ܡܫܠܡܢܐ” come from?

ܡܫܠܡܢܐ (Classical Syriac) comes from Arabic مُسْلِم, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

ܡܫܠܡܢܐ (Classical Syriac): betrayer, traitor; deserter; Muslim

Definitions

  1. betrayer, traitor; deserter; Muslim

Ancestry of “ܡܫܠܡܢܐ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicمُسْلِمMuslim; one who submits
2Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
3Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
4Proto-Semitic*lV-—
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