Where does “hawala” come from?

hawala (English) comes from Arabic حَوَالَة, from Arabic حَالَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

hawala (English): A long-established informal system of money...

Definitions

  1. A long-established informal system of money...

Ancestry of “hawala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحَوَالَةtransfer, trust; charge
2Arabicحَالَto change
3Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
4PersianیاAPI •; or; either
5Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →