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Where does “اسلام آباد” come from?

اسلام آباد (Urdu) comes from Urdu اسلام, from Classical Persian اِسْلَام, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

Ancestry of “اسلام آباد”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UrduاسلامIslam
2Classical Persianاِسْلَام—
3Arabicإِسْلَامsubmission; religious submission to God, Islam;...
4Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
5Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
6Proto-Semitic*lV-—

Words derived from “اسلام آباد”

  • Islamabado
  • इस्लामाबाद
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