Where does “اسلام‌گرا” come from?

اسلام‌گرا (Persian) comes from Persian اسلام, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

اسلام‌گرا (Persian): Islamist

Definitions

  1. Islamist

Ancestry of “اسلام‌گرا”, step by step

اسلام‌گرا traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian اسلام

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianاسلامIslam
2Arabicإِسْلَامsubmission; religious submission to God, Islam;...
3Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
4Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
5Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to

via Persian ـگرا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـگراa non-joining suffix that forms nouns, with a meaning roughly equivalent to -ist, that is, one who believes or engages in
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV-Every word from Arabic لEvery word from Arabic أَسْلَمَ