Where does “हदीस” come from?
हदीस (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian حَدِیث, from Arabic حَدِيث, from Arabic حَدَّثَ — to tell, relate, report.
हदीस (Hindi): hadith
Ancestry of “हदीस”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | حَدِیث | — |
| 2 | Arabic | حَدِيث | Prophetic tradition; new, recent, modern; story,... |
| 3 | Arabic | حَدَّثَ | to tell, relate, report |