Where does “ilahiyat” come from?
ilahiyat (Turkish) comes from Persian الهیات, from Arabic إِلٰهِيَّات, from Arabic إِلٰهِيّ — divine.
ilahiyat (Turkish): theology
Definitions
- theology
Ancestry of “ilahiyat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | الهیات | theology |
| 2 | Arabic | إِلٰهِيَّات | theology, lit. "divine things" |
| 3 | Arabic | إِلٰهِيّ | divine |