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Where does “آدَمُ” come from?

آدَمُ (Arabic) comes from Hebrew אָדָם, from Hebrew אדמה — earth, soil, land.

Ancestry of “آدَمُ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאָדָםearth, man, soil, light brown; Adam; man, person
2Hebrewאדמהearth, soil, land
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