Where does “مذهبی” come from?
مذهبی (Persian) comes from Persian مذهب, from Arabic مَذْهَب, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن, from Proto-Iranian kas- — to see; to look.
مذهبی (Persian): religious
Definitions
- religious
Ancestry of “مذهبی”, step by step
مذهبی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian مذهب
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | مذهب | religion; faith |
| 2 | Arabic | مَذْهَب | sect; way of going off; doctrine, school |
| 3 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 4 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 5 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 6 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 7 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |