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Where does “İslam” come from?

İslam (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اسلام, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

Ancestry of “İslam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاسلام—
2Arabicإِسْلَامsubmission; religious submission to God, Islam;...
3Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
4Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
5Proto-Semitic*lV-—

Words derived from “İslam”

  • İslamcı
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