Where does “arba'in” come from?

arba'in (Hausa) comes from Arabic أربعون, from Arabic أَرْبَعَة — four.

arba'in (Hausa): forty; the forty-day period after a woman gives...

Definitions

  1. forty; the forty-day period after a woman gives...

Ancestry of “arba'in”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأربعونforty; fortieth
2Arabicأَرْبَعَةfour
Every word from Arabic أَرْبَعَةEvery word from Arabic أربعون
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