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Where does “مسلمان” come from?

مسلمان (Persian) comes from Arabic مُسْلِم, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

مسلمان (Persian): Muslim

Definitions

  1. Muslim

Ancestry of “مسلمان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicمُسْلِمMuslim; one who submits
2Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
3Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
4Proto-Semitic*lV-—

Words derived from “مسلمان”

  • Mussulman
  • Mussulmanic
  • Mussulmanism
  • Mussulmanish
  • musulman
  • muçulmano
  • antimuçulmano
  • muslimanka
  • муслиманка
  • муслиман
  • musliman
  • muzulmán
  • मुसलमान
  • มัสมั่น
  • мұсылман
  • મુસલમાન
  • مسلمان
  • مسلمان
  • мосолман
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