Where does “ضلع” come from?
ضلع (Urdu) comes from Classical Persian ضلع, from Arabic ضلع, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.
Ancestry of “ضلع”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Classical Persian | ضلع | — |
| 2 | Arabic | ضلع | to side; to make common cause; to be strong,... |
| 3 | Arabic | ل | to, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express... |
| 4 | Proto-Semitic | *lV- | — |