Where does “قطب‌نما” come from?

قطب‌نما (Persian) comes from Persian قطب, from Arabic قطب, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט‬, from Aramaic 𐡈, from Egyptian 𓄤.

قطب‌نما (Persian): compass

Definitions

  1. compass

Ancestry of “قطب‌نما”, step by step

قطب‌نما traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian قطب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianقطبpole
2Arabicقطبto gather, to collect; to mix the wine, to fill...
3Arabicطط
4Nabataean𐢋
5Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
6Aramaicט‬
7Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
8Egyptian𓄤

via Persian نما

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنماpresent stem form of نمودن
Every word from Egyptian 𓄤Every word from Aramaic 𐡈Every word from Aramaic ט‬