köken: Learned borrowing from Latin Iūdaea. Alternatively, originally from Dutch Judea, followed by a later shift in pronunciation likely influenced by the ultimate Latin etymon Iūdaea.
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian یهودیه (yahūdiya), from Latin Iudaea, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαία (Ioudaía), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Yəhūḏāh). Doublet of यहूदा (yahūdā).