Where does “بدحجاب” come from?
بدحجاب (Persian) comes from Persian بد, from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭, from Proto-Iranian pati-, from Proto-Iranian *rādi-, from Proto-Iranian *rād-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HraHdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
بدحجاب (Persian): badly veiled; wearing a form of Islamic dress which is considered (by the speaker or some authority) not to be modest enough
Definitions
- badly veiled; wearing a form of Islamic dress which is considered (by the speaker or some authority) not to be modest enough
Ancestry of “بدحجاب”, step by step
بدحجاب traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian بد
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | بد | bad; not good; evil; poorly, badly |
| 2 | Middle Persian | 𐭯𐭥𐭭 | to; at; in |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |