Etymology

Verbal noun of فَلْسَفَ ‎(falsafa, “to philosophize”), either constructed based on فَيْلَسُوف ‎(faylasūf, “philosopher”), or based directly from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία ‎(philosophía), compounded from φίλος ‎(phílos, “beloved”) + σοφία ‎(sophía, “wisdom”).