Where does “Alouddin” come from?
Alouddin (Uzbek) comes from Arabic علاء الدين, from Arabic دِين, from Pahlavi dēn, from Old Persian *dainah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰayHanā-.
Ancestry of “Alouddin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | علاء الدين | — |
| 2 | Arabic | دِين | judgement; religion; faith |
| 3 | Pahlavi | dēn | — |
| 4 | Old Persian | *dainah | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰayHanā- | — |