English
Salih
Salih comes from Arabic صَالِح ‘in good condition, sound, whole’, and goes back to صَلَحَ.
- Arabicc. 500–presentصَلَحَṣalaḥa‘to be good, right, proper’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentصَالِح‘in good condition, sound, whole’literally ‘pious’
- EnglishtodaySalih
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentصَلَحَṣalaḥa‘to be good, right, proper’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentصَالِح‘in good condition, sound, whole’literally ‘pious’
- EnglishtodaySalih
The story
Borrowed from Arabic صَالِح (ṣāliḥ, literally “pious”).
Every English word from Arabic صَلَحَ
Today it means
name A prophet of Islam who prophesied to the people of Thamud.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic صَلَحَ / Salih