Where does “ابلیس” come from?

ابلیس (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic إِبْلِيس, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

Ancestry of “ابلیس”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Arabic	إِبْلِيس	Iblis; Iblees, devil; demon, devil
2	Arabic	ل	to, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
3	Proto-Semitic	*lV-	—

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