Where does “kezuhudan” come from?
kezuhudan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian zuhud, from Malay zuhud, from Arabic زهد, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن — to see; to look.
kezuhudan (Indonesian): asceticism
Definitions
- asceticism
Ancestry of “kezuhudan”, step by step
kezuhudan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian zuhud
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | zuhud | ascesis, asceticism |
| 2 | Malay | zuhud | ascetic |
| 3 | Arabic | زهد | to abstain, to refrain; to renounce, to forsake,... |
| 4 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 5 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 6 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 7 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 8 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |
via Indonesian ke- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 2 | Malay | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *kə- -an | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *ka- -an | — |