Where does “mazháb” come from?
mazháb (Palula) comes from Urdu مذہب, from Arabic مَذْهَب, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن, from Proto-Iranian kas- — to see; to look.
mazháb (Palula): religion, faith (especially Islam)
Definitions
- religion, faith (especially Islam)
Ancestry of “mazháb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urdu | مذہب | way; course; mode |
| 2 | Arabic | مَذْهَب | sect; way of going off; doctrine, school |
| 3 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 4 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 5 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 6 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 7 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |