Where does “मस्जिद” come from?
मस्जिद (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian مسجد, from Arabic مَسْجِد, from Arabic سَجَدَ, from Arabic ج — Abbreviation of جَمْع.
मस्जिद (Hindi): mosque
Ancestry of “मस्जिद”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | مسجد | — |
| 2 | Arabic | مَسْجِد | mosque; place of worship |
| 3 | Arabic | سَجَدَ | to bow down; to bow in reverence; to prostrate,... |
| 4 | Arabic | ج | Abbreviation of جَمْع |