Where does “imambayıldı” come from?
imambayıldı (Turkish) comes from Turkish imam, from Ottoman Turkish امام, from Arabic إمام, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.
imambayıldı (Turkish): imam bayildi
Ancestry of “imambayıldı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | imam | imam |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | امام | imam |
| 3 | Arabic | إمام | leader, example, exemplar, paragon; imam;... |
| 4 | Arabic | م | a prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix... |
| 5 | Proto-Semitic | šamaʿ- | — |
Words derived from “imambayıldı”