Where does “اخبار والا” come from?
اخبار والا (Urdu) comes from Urdu اخبار, from Classical Persian اَخْبَار, from Arabic أَخْبَار.
اخبار والا (Urdu): newspaper-seller
Ancestry of “اخبار والا”, step by step
اخبار والا traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Urdu اخبار
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Urdu | اخبار | plural of خبر; newspaper, gazette, journal |
| 2 | Classical Persian | اَخْبَار | — |
| 3 | Arabic | أَخْبَار | — |
via Persian والا
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | والا | otherwise, or else; great; eminent |
| 2 | Sanskrit | पाल | guard, protector, keeper; herdsman; protector of... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | पालयति | to protect, guard, defend; to rule, govern; to... |