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Where does “اسلام” come from?

اسلام (Pashto) comes from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

اسلام (Pashto): Islam

Definitions

  1. Islam

Ancestry of “اسلام”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicإِسْلَامsubmission; religious submission to God, Islam;...
2Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
3Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
4Proto-Semitic*lV-—
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