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Where does “Yahudi” come from?

Yahudi (Indonesian) comes from Malay Yahudi, from Arabic يَهُودِيّ, from Aramaic יְהוּדָיֵא, from Hebrew יהודי, from Hebrew י, from Hebrew יָד — hand.

Ancestry of “Yahudi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayYahudi—
2ArabicيَهُودِيّJew, Jewish
3Aramaicיְהוּדָיֵא—
4HebrewיהודיJewish: being a Jew, or relating to Jews or...
5Hebrewיten; {{n-g|one of the letters of the...
6Hebrewיָדhand
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