Where does “صنمیات” come from?
صنمیات (Urdu) comes from Urdu صنم, from Classical Persian صَنَم, from Arabic صَنَم.
صنمیات (Urdu): mythology
Ancestry of “صنمیات”, step by step
صنمیات traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Urdu صنم
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Urdu | صنم | mistress; lover; sweetheart |
| 2 | Classical Persian | صَنَم | — |
| 3 | Arabic | صَنَم | — |
via Urdu یات
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Urdu | یات | denoting the science, study or branch of knowledge of the thing denoted by the word it is suffixed to: -logy, -ology |
| 2 | Arabic | ـِيَّات | — |