Where does “इसलाम” come from?
इसलाम (Maithili) comes from Nepali इस्लाम, from Hindi इस्लाम, from Urdu اسلام, from Classical Persian اِسْلَام, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.
इसलाम (Maithili): Islam
Ancestry of “इसलाम”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Nepali | इस्लाम | Islam |
| 2 | Hindi | इस्लाम | — |
| 3 | Urdu | اسلام | Islam |
| 4 | Classical Persian | اِسْلَام | — |
| 5 | Arabic | إِسْلَام | submission; religious submission to God, Islam;... |
| 6 | Arabic | أَسْلَمَ | to surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted |
| 7 | Arabic | ل | to, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express... |
| 8 | Proto-Semitic | *lV- | — |