Where does “balik-Islam” come from?
balik-Islam (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Islam, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.
balik-Islam (Tagalog): a Muslim revert or convert
Definitions
- a Muslim revert or convert
Ancestry of “balik-Islam”, step by step
balik-Islam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog Islam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | Islam | Islam |
| 2 | Arabic | إِسْلَام | submission; religious submission to God, Islam;... |
| 3 | Arabic | أَسْلَمَ | to surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted |
| 4 | Arabic | ل | to, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express... |
| 5 | Proto-Semitic | *lV- | for, to |
via Tagalog balik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | balik | the act of returning; the act of bringing back... |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *balik | to return; to repeat |
Words derived from “balik-Islam”