Talk:सुभा

Alleged Arabic origin
I cannot find any meaning a province or the like, hardly even in application to the Mughal Empire specifically; one probably uses a more generic word in Arabic instead of a xenism loaned from the Mughal languages. The Persian term is glossed to be specific to the Mughal Empire.

If it is from Arabic, then an artificial word after Arabic, but it does not make much sense. The English-language books since colonial times claim Arabic origin, hence Arabic Wikipedia, but one should attest it in Arabic first, independent from the Mughal Empire. (One reason Wikipedia is stupid, they can claim vague origins without even the origin terms being there, while Wiktionary as a secondary source needs the linguistic material more than what “reliable” sources chat without grounds.)

I suspect the term is borrowed from Chagatay. has which would be the extensions of their Empire,  apparently called after his district. 🇨🇬 as from where a plant extends? Maybe has a better idea of cognates. In means “balcony, veranda; platform” according to Henry G. Schwarz. Fay Freak (talk) 10:29, 7 December 2021 (UTC)