Where does “kutub” come from?

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

kutub (Malay): pole

Definitions

  1. pole

Ancestry of “kutub”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kutub”

Every word from Egyptian 𓄤 →Every word from Aramaic 𐡈 →Every word from Aramaic ט‬ →