Where does “ابلیس” come from?

ابلیس (Urdu) comes from Classical Persian اِبْلِیس, from Arabic إِبْلِيس, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

ابلیس (Urdu): Old Nick

Definitions

  1. Old Nick

Ancestry of “ابلیس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianاِبْلِیس—
2ArabicإِبْلِيسIblis; Iblees, devil; demon, devil
3Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
4Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Arabic ل →Every word from Arabic إِبْلِيس →