Where does “قال” come from?

قال (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic قال, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

قال (Ottoman Turkish): smelting, the process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a desired metal from its ore

Definitions

  1. smelting, the process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a desired metal from its ore

Ancestry of “قال”, step by step

قال traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic قال

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقالto say; to tell; To nap
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

via Arabic قِلْي

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقِلْي—

Words derived from “قال”

Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →