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Where does “idi” come from?

idi (Hausa) comes from Arabic عِيد, from Arabic محمد, from Arabic حَمَّدَ, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

idi (Hausa): any Muslim holiday

Definitions

  1. any Muslim holiday

Ancestry of “idi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعِيدholiday, carnival; feast, festival; holiday,...
2Arabicمحمدcommendable, laudable, praised, praiseworthy;...
3Arabicحَمَّدَto praise, commend, laud; to praise, commend,...
4Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
5Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—
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