Where does “insan hakları” come from?

insan hakları (Turkish) comes from Turkish hak, from Ottoman Turkish حق, from Arabic حَقّ — truth, correctness, rightness; equity; truth;...

insan hakları (Turkish): human rights

Definitions

  1. human rights

Ancestry of “insan hakları”, step by step

insan hakları traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish hak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishhakjustice; right
2Ottoman Turkishحقjustice, fairness
3Arabicحَقّtruth, correctness, rightness; equity; truth;...

via Turkish insan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishinsanhuman, man
2Ottoman Turkishانسانhuman, person
3Old Anatolian Turkishاِنْسَانْ—
Every word from Arabic حَقّ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish حق →Every word from Turkish hak →