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Where does “بَرْدَج” come from?
بَرْدَج (Arabic) comes from Persian برده, from Middle Persian 𐫇𐫡𐫅𐫃.
بَرْدَج
(Arabic): slave
Definitions
slave
Ancestry of “بَرْدَج”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Persian
برده
slave; captive
2
Middle Persian
𐫇𐫡𐫅𐫃
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Words derived from “بَرْدَج”
berdache
bardash
berdachism
bardassa
bardache
berdache
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