Where does “maafkanlah” come from?

maafkanlah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian maaf, from Malay maaf, from Persian معاف, from Arabic مُعَاف, from Arabic مُعَافًى.

maafkanlah (Indonesian): transitive/imperative form of memaafkan

Definitions

  1. transitive/imperative form of memaafkan

Ancestry of “maafkanlah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmaafsorry; pardon; apology
2Malaymaafpardon, forgiveness; sorry; excuse me
3Persianمعافexempt
4Arabicمُعَافexempt
5Arabicمُعَافًى—
Every word from Arabic مُعَافًى →Every word from Arabic مُعَاف →Every word from Persian معاف →