Where does “علمیات” come from?
علمیات (Urdu) comes from Urdu علم, from Arabic عِلْم — science; knowledge, lore.
علمیات (Urdu): epistemology
Ancestry of “علمیات”, step by step
علمیات traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Urdu علم
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Urdu | علم | knowledge, learning; literature; mark, sign,... |
| 2 | Arabic | عِلْم | science; knowledge, lore |
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 | — |