Where does “मज़हब” come from?
मज़हब (Hindi) comes from Persian مذهب, from Arabic مَذْهَب, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن, from Proto-Iranian kas- — to see; to look.
मज़हब (Hindi): religion, sect
Ancestry of “मज़हब”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | مذهب | religion; faith |
| 2 | Arabic | مَذْهَب | sect; way of going off; doctrine, school |
| 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 |