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Where does “بالضبط” come from?

بالضبط (Arabic) comes from Arabic ال, from Proto-Semitic ʾil- — deity; god.

بالضبط (Arabic): exactly, precisely

Definitions

  1. exactly, precisely

Ancestry of “بالضبط”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicالthe
2Proto-Semiticʾil-deity; god
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