Where does “Mudschahed” come from?
Mudschahed (German) comes from Arabic مجاهد, from Arabic جَاهَدَ, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن, from Proto-Iranian kas- — to see; to look.
Mudschahed (German): mujahid
Ancestry of “Mudschahed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | مجاهد | one who is labouring, toiling; one who is in... |
| 2 | Arabic | جَاهَدَ | to struggle against, to fight for; to strive in... |
| 3 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 4 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 5 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 6 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 7 | Persian | کاستن | — |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |