Where does “تعطیل” come from?
تعطیل (Urdu) comes from Persian تعطیل, from Arabic تَعْطِيل, from Arabic عَطَّلَ, from Arabic عَطِلَ.
تعطیل (Urdu): adjournment; holiday; break
Definitions
- adjournment; holiday; break
Ancestry of “تعطیل”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | تعطیل | vacation , holiday; suspension; cessation |
| 2 | Arabic | تَعْطِيل | suspension, break, hinderance |
| 3 | Arabic | عَطَّلَ | to neglect, to leave idle, to damage; to suspend,... |
| 4 | Arabic | عَطِلَ | — |