Where does “ਮਿਸਲ” come from?

ਮਿਸਲ (Punjabi) comes from Arabic مثل, from Arabic مَثَل — proverb; example, model, ideal; fable, proverb.

ਮਿਸਲ (Punjabi): Any of the twelve sovereign states in the Sikh Confederacy that rose during the eighteenth century in the Punjab

Definitions

Any of the twelve sovereign states in the Sikh Confederacy that rose during the eighteenth century in the Punjab

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Arabic	مثل	to resemble, to look like; to imitate, to copy;...
2	Arabic	مَثَل	proverb; example, model, ideal; fable, proverb