Where does “илтимос” come from?
илтимос (Tajik) comes from Arabic اِلْتِمَاس, from Arabic التماس, from Arabic التمس, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.
илтимос (Tajik): beseeching, supplication; please
Definitions
- beseeching, supplication; please
Ancestry of “илтимос”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | اِلْتِمَاس | — |
| 2 | Arabic | التماس | verbal noun of اِلْتَمَسَ |
| 3 | Arabic | التمس | to beseech, to request, to implore, to solicit,... |
| 4 | Arabic | م | a prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix... |
| 5 | Proto-Semitic | šamaʿ- | — |