Where does “عاد” come from?

عاد (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic عَادَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

عاد (South Levantine Arabic): to return

Definitions

  1. to return

Ancestry of “عاد”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَادَto return, go back
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →