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

Definitions

  1. religious

Ancestry of “मज़हबी”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianمذهبیreligious
2Persianمذهبreligion; faith
3Arabicمَذْهَبsect; way of going off; doctrine, school
4Arabicهhim, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ
5Arabicكَهْرَبَاءelectricity
6Persianکهرباamber
7Persianکاهchaff; straw; hay
8Persianکاستنto decrease
9Proto-Iraniankas-to be small, diminish, lessen
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ-Every word from Proto-Iranian kas-Every word from Persian کاستن