Where does “सिफ़त” come from?
सिफ़त (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian صِفَت, from Arabic صفة, from Aramaic צִפָּא.
सिफ़त (Hindi): characteristic, attribute, trait
Definitions
- characteristic, attribute, trait
Ancestry of “सिफ़त”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | صِفَت | — |
| 2 | Arabic | صفة | verbal noun of وَصَفَ; quality, feature,... |
| 3 | Aramaic | צִפָּא | — |