Where does “maqta” come from?

maqta (English) comes from Urdu مقطع, from Arabic مقطع, from Arabic قطع, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט‬, from Aramaic 𐡈.

maqta (English): The last couplet of a ghazal, typically...

Definitions

  1. The last couplet of a ghazal, typically...

Ancestry of “maqta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduمقطعend
2Arabicمقطعdivision, part, section
3Arabicقطعto cut, to break; to stop, to cease; to cut off
4Arabicطط
5Nabataean𐢋—
6Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
7Aramaicט‬—
8Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
9Egyptian𓄤—
Every word from Egyptian 𓄤 →Every word from Aramaic 𐡈 →Every word from Aramaic ט‬ →