Where does “ގަވާއިދު” come from?

ގަވާއިދު (Dhivehi) comes from Persian قاعده, from Arabic قاعدة, from Arabic قَعَدَ, from Arabic ع — second-person masculine singular active...

ގަވާއިދު (Dhivehi): rule

Definitions

  1. rule

Ancestry of “ގަވާއިދު”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianقاعدهrule
2Arabicقاعدةfoundation; basis; precept, rule, principle
3Arabicقَعَدَto sit down, to lie in wait, to waylay; to sit
4Arabicعsecond-person masculine singular active...
Every word from Arabic ع →Every word from Arabic قَعَدَ →Every word from Arabic قاعدة →