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Where does “استقل” come from?

استقل (Arabic) comes from Arabic اِسْتَقَلَّ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

استقل (Arabic): to find small, to find too paltry; to despise, to...

Definitions

  1. to find small, to find too paltry; to despise, to...

Ancestry of “استقل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicاِسْتَقَلَّto be independent
2Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
3Proto-Semitic*lV-—
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