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Where does “Yahudi” come from?

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

Yahudi (English): A Jew

Definitions

  1. A Jew

Ancestry of “Yahudi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicيَهُودِيّJew, Jewish
2Aramaicיְהוּדָיֵא—
3HebrewיהודיJewish: being a Jew, or relating to Jews or...
4Hebrewיten; {{n-g|one of the letters of the...
5Hebrewיָדhand
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