Where does “بنیادگرا” come from?

بنیادگرا (Persian) comes from Persian بنیاد, from Middle Persian bun-dāt, from Old Persian buna datiy — placed it in the foundation.

بنیادگرا (Persian): fundamentalist

Definitions

  1. fundamentalist

Ancestry of “بنیادگرا”, step by step

بنیادگرا traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian بنیاد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبنیادfoundation, basis; foundation, trust
2Middle Persianbun-dāt—
3Old Persianbuna datiyplaced it in the foundation

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 Old Persian buna datiy →Every word from Middle Persian bun-dāt →Every word from Persian بنیاد →