Where does “خرمذهبی” come from?

خرمذهبی (Persian) comes from Persian مذهبی, from Persian مذهب, from Arabic مَذْهَب, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن — to see; to look.

خرمذهبی (Persian): uncritically religious person; religious nutjob

Definitions

  1. uncritically religious person; religious nutjob

Ancestry of “خرمذهبی”, step by step

خرمذهبی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian مذهبی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianمذهبیreligious
2Persianمذهبreligion; faith
3Arabicمَذْهَبsect; way of going off; doctrine, school
4Arabicهhim, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ
5Arabicكَهْرَبَاءelectricity
6Persianکهرباamber
7Persianکاهchaff; straw; hay
8Persianکاستنto decrease
9Proto-Iraniankas-to be small, diminish, lessen
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look

via Persian خر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخرdonkey, ass; fool; in compounds meaning big,...
2Middle PersianHMRA
3Proto-Iranianxárahhorse
4Proto-Indo-Iraniankʰárasdonkey
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeḱ-Every word from Proto-Iranian kas-Every word from Persian کاستن