Where does “अहल” come from?
अहल (Sanskrit) comes from Classical Persian اهل, from Arabic أَهْل, from Proto-Semitic *ʔahl-.
अहल (Sanskrit): unploughed
Ancestry of “अहल”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | اهل | — |
| 2 | Arabic | أَهْل | family, membership; family, kinfolk; people,... |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | *ʔahl- | — |