Where does “kutub” come from?

kutub (Indonesian) comes from Malay kutub, from Arabic قطب, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט‬, from Aramaic 𐡈, from Egyptian 𓄤.

kutub (Indonesian): pole

Definitions

pole

Ancestry of “kutub”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Malay	kutub	pole
2	Arabic	قطب	to gather, to collect; to mix the wine, to fill...
3	Arabic	ط	ط
4	Nabataean	𐢋	—
5	Classical Syriac	ܛ	number nine
6	Aramaic	ט‬	—
7	Aramaic	𐡈	A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
8	Egyptian	𓄤	—

Words derived from “kutub”

beruang kutub
dwikutub
ekakutub

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