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Where does “بسيط” come from?

بسيط (Arabic) comes from Arabic بسط, from Arabic س, from Arabic سَوْفَ — {{qualifier|future tense marker}}.

بسيط (Arabic): wide, extended, spread out; easy, simple

Definitions

  1. wide, extended, spread out; easy, simple

Ancestry of “بسيط”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبسطto extend, to stretch; to spread; to cheer, to...
2Arabicسwill
3Arabicسَوْفَ{{qualifier|future tense marker}}
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