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

  1. pole

Ancestry of “kutub”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykutubpole
2Arabicقطبto gather, to collect; to mix the wine, to fill...
3Arabicطط
4Nabataean𐢋—
5Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
6Aramaicט‬—
7Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
8Egyptian𓄤—

Words derived from “kutub”

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