Where does “जायज़” come from?
जायज़ (Hindi) comes from Persian جائز, from Arabic جَازَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.
जायज़ (Hindi): allowed, permitted, permissible; legal, lawful
Definitions
- allowed, permitted, permissible; legal, lawful
Ancestry of “जायज़”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | جائز | permissible |
| 2 | Arabic | جَازَ | to pass, pass by; to pass by; to pass through |
| 3 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 4 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 5 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |
Words derived from “जायज़”