Where does “قوم” come from?

قوم (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Arabic قوم, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

قوم (Hijazi Arabic): to awaken

Definitions

  1. to awaken

Ancestry of “قوم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقومto raise; to evaluate; to adjust
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →
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