List of Arabic (Urdu) words originated from Sanskrit | Is Arabic language originated from Sanskrit? | What is the origin of the word Allah in Sanskrit? | Which language is a mix of Sanskrit and Arabic? | Is Sanskrit older than Arabic?

List of Arabic (Urdu) words originated from Sanskrit (Islamic words derived from Sanskrit) | Is Arabic language originated from Sanskrit? | What is the origin of the word Allah in Sanskrit? | Which language is a mix of Sanskrit and Arabic? | Is Sanskrit older than Arabic?

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Today let us learn an unknown secret which is unknown to many people even in today’s modern world.

Sanskrit is the oldest language on earth. Sanskrit is as old as this universe and earth itself. Sanskrit is existing on this earth since the ‘adi kalam’, that is, from grand unknown time. Similarly, Sanskrit will stay on this earth until the ‘ananta kalam’, that is, grand infinite age.

All the great and divine Hindu (Sanatana Dharma) scriptures like Vedas, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Puranas, etc. are written in this language itself. Now, let us know a long list of Arabic words that are either directly or indirectly originated from Sanskrit.

Let’s start now without wasting any time:

List of Arabic words originated from Sanskrit are as given below:

Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan etc…: ‘Stanam / Stana / Stan’ which means a place in Samskruta / Sanskrit. For example there are so many countries with the additional word Stan like in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan etc…

Mayyat / Mayyit / Mawtun: In arabic mayyat / mayyit means death / dead. In samskruta / Sanskrit the word for dead / death is ‘mrutyu / mrityu’. The given samskruta / Sanskrit word is a tongue twister.

Pronouncing ‘mru / mri’ is more harder, than ‘ma of maw’. Very easily it can be understood the Arabic / Islamic / Muslim word is taken from the Sanskrit word.

Ramadan / Ramazan: It is one of the holiest month for Muslims. In this month, they do dhyana (chant) of their god Allah. In Bharatiya Sanatana Dharma, it is very clearly described that doing dhyana of Bhagavan Sri Rama is of the highest auspicious karma (work / job).

Very easily, we can understand that the Islamic word ‘Ramadan / Ramazan’ is from the samskruta / Sanskrit word ‘Ramadhyana / Ramadhyan’. This means, one should do dhyana (chant) the name of Bhagavan Lord Sri Rama.

Kaaba: Many of us know that in Bharatiya tradition, the Bhagavan Lord Sri Krishna / Sri Rama is kept in the garbha gudi (garbha sthal) in any of the temples.

Even for Muslims, the main god Allah is present in the Kaaba stone. Thus very clearly the word Kaaba is the mispronounced word from our great Sanskrit bhasha word ‘garbha’.

Shia / Shiites (Islam): In Sanskrit shia / shiites are a group of people. In Samskruta / Sanskrit ‘shaiva / shaiv’ means a group of people who follow Lord Sri Shiva. No need to explain anything further.

Allah (Islam) / Alpha (Rome): These words are very popular all over the world. First is the god for every Muslim and word alpha is the starting alphabet in Rome. Read these words little carefully.

These words starts with ‘ಅ / अ / a’. (I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.— Revelation 22:13, New International Version). With this we can understand that something which is the beginning or start or something which is ‘aadi’ (grand first).

Thus very clearly these two words are taken from our great Samskruta / Sanskrit language. One best example to understand this is that, Lord Sri Krishna in Sri Bhagavad Geeta says ‘I am the ‘ಅ / अ / a’. Very clearly the above two words are from Sanskrit bhasha only and nothing else. 

Islam: Many of us know that Lord Shiva / Sri Rudradeva is also called as ‘Isha / Esha / Isa’. In Sanskrit temple is called as ‘Devalaya’ or just ‘aalaya / alaya / alay / alayam’.

Thus a place for Lord Shiva’s temple is called Shivaalaya or Ishaalaya or Isaalaya or Isalaya / Isalayam’. 

Thus, we can understand that the Islamic word Islam is the short form of the Sanskrit word ‘Isaalayam’. (One should note that the greatest Isha is swayam Lord Sri Krishna / Vishnu).

Arab : This is taken from the Sanskrit word ‘arava / arav’. Usually Arabic people use ‘ba’ instead of ‘va’ as used in Sanskrit. Both Arabic and Sanskrit word means horse.

Sefr (cipher): In Islam sefr or cipher means zero. In Sanskrit zero means ‘shUnya’ (read as shoonya). Sefr or cipher or sipher = si + pher = shoo + nya.

It is much easier to pronounce ‘si’, than ‘shoon’. Very clearly the Arabic word is a mispronounced word from the great Sanskrit bhasha.

Wa’hed (waaheed): In Islam waaheed means one. In Sanskrit and other Bharatiya bhAsha, we pronounce one as: ‘ondu / vandu / wandu (Kannada), onna / vanna / wanna (Tamil), okaTi / vakaTi / wakaTi (Telugu) etc.

Any person with little bit of thinking ability will understand this Islamic word is corrupted word from the Sanskrit language.

Eteen: In Islam etneen means two. In Sanskrit two means ‘dvitiya’. Etneen = et + neen = dvit + iya. dvit = et. No doubt, its only pronunciation difference and nothing else. It’s very easy to pronounce ‘et’, when compared to ‘dvit’.

Tatah: In Islam Tatah / tlatah means three. In Sanskrit three means ‘tri / tritiya / tritiyah’. This is directly taken from the Sanskrit language. Tritiya = tlatah. Very clearly a copied word.

Ar’baah: In Islam ar’baah means four. In Sanskrit four means ‘chaturti / chauti / chaturtaha / chaturtah / char. Here ‘char’ of Sanskrit has became just ‘ar’ in Islam. 

Similarly ‘tah’ of Sanskrit has become ‘baah’. Again, its just and only difference in pronunciation. Another corrupted word.

Khamsah: In Islam khamsah means five. In Sanskrit five means ‘pancha’. Khamsah = pancha. Another mispronounced word.

Settah: In Islam settah means six. In Sanskrit six means ‘shasTi / shasTihi’. Settah = set + tah = shash + Ti. Again only difference is in the pronunciation.

Sa’baah: In Islam sa’baah means seven. In Sanskrit seven means ‘sapta / saptah’. Sa’baah = saptah. Just difference in pronunciation.

Tamaniya / tamanya: In Islam tamaniya / tamanya means eight. In Sanskrit eight means ‘ashTa / ashTama / ashTamya’. 

In Islam ashTa has become only ‘ta’ and ‘Tamya’ of Sanskrit has become ‘maniya’. Again only difference is the pronunciation and nothing else.

Tisa’a: In Islam tisaa means nine. In Sanskrit nine means navami / navama’. We have already seen that islamic numerals are taken from the Sanskrit bhasha. This must also be a mispronounced word.

Asharah: In Islam asharah means ten. In Sanskrit ten means ‘dasha / dashama / dasara’. Here the ‘dasha’ of Sanskrit has become ‘asha’ in Islam and ‘ra’ of Sanskrit has become ‘rah’ in Islam. What more proof we need to tell that Islam is taken from the great Sanskrit bhasha.

Namaz: The word Namaz is very close to our Bharatiya tradition Sanskrit word ‘Namaskaaram’. Namaskaaram = Namas + Kaaram = Namaz + Kaaram. Now we can understand the similarity.

Musalman: Many of us know the English word ‘Man’ came into existence from our Sanskrit word ‘Manu’. Now let us understand the word Musalman. In Sanskrit ‘Musalam / Musala / Musal means a long rod to make chillies into powder.

Even today the word Musal is been used by many Indian languages like Marathi, Gujarati, Rajasthani etc. Now look more closely the Islam word Musalman = Musal + Man. Everything is from Bharatiya Sanskrit tradition. Do remember we have the word “Hanuman”.

Algavadi (algaavaadi): This is an Islamic word. Here algavadi = alag + vadi. Here ‘alag’ means different and ‘vadi’ means someone who is a speaker / critic. In Sanskrit also ‘vadi’ / ‘vAdi’ means a speaker, a critic.

Many must have heard the Sanskrit word ‘vAdam / vAda / vAd’ (read as vaadam / vaada / vaad). In south there was a great santa / sanyAsi (saint) called sri vAdiraja who lived for 120 years and later went into brindAvana.

Saare: The Urdu / Islam word saare is been taken from the Sanskrit word  ‘sarvam / sarva / sarv’.

Alladin / Aladdin / Aladeen / Alladeen: Here the full meaning of this word is ‘donated / given by Allah’. Aladdin = Allah + ddin / din / deen. In Sanskrit give / donate means ‘dAnam / dAna / dAn’ (read as daan).

Very clearly the classic Islamic word is corrupted word from the great Sanskrit word. Also, in many Bharatiya / Indian languages even today we use this word as: In Hindi it is ‘de’, in MaraThi also it is ‘de’, in many Indian languages it is ‘de’ or ‘daanam’ or ‘daana’ or ‘daan’.

Any Islamic word ending with ‘ddin / din / deen’ is taken from Sanskrit. Another Islamic word is ‘mujahidin / mujahideen’.

Khatna: In Urdu / Arabic khatna means cutting a part of their body as per Islamic rituals. In Sanskrit ‘kartita / kartati’ means cutting something. 

Also in Kannada cut means ‘kattarisu’. In Hindi cut means ‘kaaTo’. Very clearly the classic Islamic word is taken from the Sanskrit bhasha word.

Parvadigar: In Islam and especially in Sufism, this word is used. The meaning of this word is ‘the god who lives on mountain’. 

In Sanskrit ‘parvatam / parvata / parvat’ means mountain and ‘dhIraNa’ (read as dheeranha) means ‘taken over’ or ‘holder’. Very very clearly the Islam word is copied from the great and one & only great Sanskrit bhasha.

Shahada: The Islamic profession of faith, “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger”: The first of the Pillars of Islam. Origin of shahada. Arabic. From the Arabic word shahādah literally, witness.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS TAKEN FROM THE INTERNET.

In Arabic ‘shahada’ means faith. In Sanskrit faith means ‘shraddha / श्रद्धा / śrad’dhā’. Very clearly the Arabic word is taken from our great Sanskrit bhasha word shraddha.

Kureshi / Quereshi: Prophet Muhammad was a descendant of the tribe ‘Quereshi / Qureshi / Kureshi / Kurueshi’. The Kurueshi signifies a descendant from the Indian Kuru dynasty that once ruled many parts of the World.

This also includes the Middle East regions before the Mahabharat war (until over 5000 years ago). The war was between the Kurus (Duryodhana and others) and the Pandavas.

And the Kurus were defeated which ended their rule. This Kurus are mentioned in the Bhagavad-Gita. Again very clearly we can understand that everything is from our great land Bharata and it’s great bhasha Sanskrit.

Nilofar (An Islamic name): In Islam Nilofar means lotus flower. In Sanskrit lotus flower means ‘nalini / nalina’. Very clearly another corrupted word from Sanskrit. (In Sanskrit the meaning of lotus has different words, in that one been nalini).

Rah: In Islam / Arabic / Urdu, ‘Rah’ means road or a way. In Sanskrit, road means ‘rathya’ or in many Indian languages, it is pronounced as ‘rAsta (Hindi) / raste (Kannada) etc. Again, another word taken from the great bhasha Sanskrit language.

Manzoor / Mansur: In Islam / Arabic / Urdu, manzoor means accepting something. It is general if someone has to accept something, than it has to be done using mind. 

In Samskruta / Sanskrit, mind means ‘mAnasa / mAnas’ (read as maanasa / maanas). Again, another copied word from Sanskrit.

Shamshan: In Islam / Arabic / Urdu, shamshan means crematorium. In Sanskrit, crematorium means ‘smashAnam / smashAna / smashAn. Directly copied word from the great Samskruta bhasha.

Moin (Islam) / Moon (English): Both of these words are directly taken from the great Sanskrit bhasha word Mohana. Here all the three words, Moin (Islam), Moon (English) and Mohana (Sanskrit) has the same meaning, that is Moon.

Golgumbaz (Islam): This word is taken from our great Sanskrit. In Sanskrit Gola means something which is in round shape and gumbaz means a praying room in Islam.

If we spread this word Golgumbaz = Gol + gumbaz = Gol + gumatha = Gol + gu + matha (read as maTha / maTh / mutt). In Sanskrit Gol = round shape and matha = A place of worship of Gurus and God.

In Sanskrit the word maTha / maTa means a praying room or a place or a general place of worship. Another corrupted words.

Raana (Islam): One of the meaning of this word in Islam something related to warfare, someone who is ready to fight etc. In Sanskrit, ‘raNa / रण ‘ (read as rana / ran and not as raana) means something is which is related to fighting in the war.

For example ranabhoomi. This means a place to fight. Here ranabhoomi = rana + bhoomi. Here rana means fighting and bhoomi means a place. Another copied word.

Prophet / Paigambar: In Sanskrit a person who knows about the world’s history / Purana / Puran is called Pravachanakaram / Pravachanakara / Provachanakar. This means who will explain the greatness of Bharatiya Sanatana Dharma’s history.

In simple words a story teller. Also Prophet or Paigambar is the one who brings the message of the God. The above said words are very similar to the given Sanskrit words.

And definitely these words Prophet and Paigambar is nothing but a mispronounced word from our great Sanskrit bhasha.

Arabia / Arabic: This is a pure Sanskrit word. Surprised. Shocked. Can’t believe right? But we have to. This is directly taken from our great Sanskrit bhasha word ‘Arya’ (read as aarya).

It is not that they had come to Bharata. Instead, we were present all over the globe and their (Arabian) pronunciation is different than ours. Just like Europeans have their own accent.

Thus these people have their own accent (even India we have different accents present). But words remain the same and can’t change. Secret. Secret unlocked.

Iqbal (or Equal of English): In Arabic / Urdu, Iqbal means something related to first. In Sanskrit, first or one means ‘ek’. Iqbal = Iq + bal = ek + bal. 

Don’t go with spelling, but instead watch the pronunciation. Very clearly another corrupted word from Sanskrit bhasha.

Alfaz: Arabic or Europeans can’t pronounce ‘sha / श’ easily. Thus they use either ‘za or fa’. The Arabic word ‘alfaz’ is taken from the Sanskrit word ‘akshara ‘ akshar’. Similarly the English word ‘alphabet’ is also taken from Sanskrit word ‘akshar’.

Shabbakher: The Islam word taken from Sanskrit word “Shubha ratri”.

Alfakiha: Islam word taken from Sanskrit word ‘phala’ (al + faki + ha). We should remember that in Islam, usually they use ‘al’ before start of many words.

Abraham: In Islam they believe in their ‘Allah’ who is not visible to them. In Sanatana Dharma / Hinduism, we believe in a Brahma / Bhagavan who is visible to us.

Means ‘Brahma’ is visible to us, where as ‘abraham’ means who is not visible to Islamic people.

Alsukar (السكر) – sugar: In Sanskrit Sugar means ‘sakkara’. In Arabic many they use ‘al’, for example ‘algebra’. Similarly they are using ‘alsukar’ = al + sukar.

kafur (كافور) – Camphor: In Sanskrit Camphor / kafur means ‘karpura/ karpur / kapur’.

shambu (شامبو) – Shampoo: In Sanskrit shampoo / shambu means champi or champoo.

mizaj (مزج) – mix: In Sanskirt mix / mizaj meaning mishrana / mishran.

ammi / ummi (أمي) – mother: In Sanskrit mother / ammi / ummi means ‘mathru’ or ‘maa’.

khata (قطع) – cut: In Sanskrit khata / cut means ‘kartita’, in Hindi it is ‘kaato’.

shamsi (شمسي) – solar: In Sanskrit it means ‘saura mandala’ or just ‘saura’.

sandal (صندل) – sandal: In Sanskrit word is ‘chandanam’ or ‘chandan’.

fi almia (في المئة) – percent: In Sanskrit it is called ‘pratishatam’. Usually Arabs and Europeans use ‘fa’ when in we use ‘pa’ or ‘pha’.

Samee / Shami (سميع): In Arabic, this means ‘to hear’. In Sanskrit to hear the word is ‘Shravanam’ or ‘Shravana’ or ‘Shravan’.

zaefaran (زعفران) : In Arabic, this means ‘saffron’. In Sanskrit saffron means ‘kesara’. Kesara = Ke + Sara (Given importance to second part of Sanskrit word and the whole of Arabic word).

lymun (ليمون) : This means ‘lemon’ in Arabic. The Sanskrit word is ‘nimbU’ (Read as nimboo).

Al-Lat, Al-Uzza and Al-Manat (Three daughters of Allah) : The Hindu Goddesses are Sri Lata Devi, Sri Usha Devi and Sri Manat (Probably a manasa putri / born from mind).

بقرة / روع (baqarat / rue) : This means cow. In Sanskrit it is called Gau. Here rue and Gau is same.

بربري (barbiri) : In Arabic this means barbarian. In Sanskrit it means ‘barbara’.

اللغة (al-lugha) : In Arabic this has the meaning of ‘locale’ (local place). In Sanskrit, ‘loka’ means place.

نجمة (najma) : This means star. In Sanskrit ‘nakshatra’.

شطرنج (shatranj) : This has the meaning chess. In Sanskrit it is called as ‘chaturanga / charurang’. Here Sanskrit ‘cha’ has been mispronounced as ‘sha’ in Arabic.

برينجال (brinjal) : In English this means brinjal. In Sanskrit brinjal means vr̥ntāka (vrintaka). Usually Arabic people use ‘ba’ instead of ‘va’ of Sanskrit. E.g., Arava (Arav) of Sanskrit has become Arab of Arabic (See above for this word Arava).

ٱلشَّارقَة‎ (Sharjah) : Sharjah means east or ‘rising sun’. In Sanskrit, Surya means Sun. In Sanskrit सूर्यवत् (Suryavat) means sunny and सूर्यभा (Suryabha) means ‘as bright as Sun’.

Afat : Apatti (आपत्ति / ಆಪತ್ತಿ / āpatti) is the Sanskrit word for this as suggested by one of the post reader and same is in the comment box below. I thank for the reader Mr. Jeff for this suggestion (See below comment).

Khushamdeed : This means, welcoming someone with happiness. The first part of this word, that is, Khusha or kusha is taken from Sanskrit word ‘kushala’ (कुशल / ಕುಶಲ / kuśala). In Sanskrit, kushala (kushal) means to be happy / blissful / merry etc.

Tarek : Many of us know the name ‘Tarek Fateh’. In Arabic Tarek means ‘star’ or ‘morning star’. In Sanskrit also, Taraka means star. Lord Vishnu is called as ‘Tarakaksha‘, as he is having eyes like star.

Taraydint (رمح ثلاثي الشعب) : This means trident in Arabic. The Sanskrit word for this is ‘Trishulam or Trishula or Trushul’.

Sura (Surah) : In Sanskrit Sutra or Sutrah (सूत्र or सुत्रः) has the same meaning. In Arabic, Sura or Surah means chapter and similarly Sutra or Sutrah in Sanskrit also means chapter.

Samir (Sameer) : One of the meaning in Arabic language for Samir or Sameer means pleasant or cool breeze or wind. In Sanskrit also Samir or Sameer ( समीर) has the same meaning as pleasant or cool or pure breeze or wind.

Subhanallah : In Arabic Subhanallah means ‘Praise to God’. In Sanskrit we praise Lord Vishnu as Shubha or Shubh (शुभ), that is, we consider Lord Vishnu to be the most Shubha (auspicious).

More words will be added here on the regular basis, do visit after sometime 🙂 

If you are aware of any such kind of word(s), please suggest, I will add that (those) to this post.

For more information you can visit these link:

English words taken from Sanskrit Part 1

English words origin from Sanskrit Part 2

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Sanskrit history, facts, information, greatness, etc.

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