Where does “मज़हबी” come from?
मज़हबी (Hindi) comes from Persian مذهبی, from Persian مذهب, from Arabic مَذْهَب, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن — to see; to look.
मज़हबी (Hindi): religious
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Ancestry of “मज़हबी”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | مذهبی | religious |
| 2 | Persian | مذهب | religion; faith |
| 3 | Arabic | مَذْهَب | sect; way of going off; doctrine, school |
| 4 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 5 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 6 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 7 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 8 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |