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
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 | — |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓄤 | — |
Words derived from “kutub”