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Where does “بَرْدَج” come from?

بَرْدَج (Arabic) comes from Persian برده, from Middle Persian 𐫇‎𐫡𐫅𐫃.

بَرْدَج (Arabic): slave

Definitions

  1. slave

Ancestry of “بَرْدَج”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبردهslave; captive
2Middle Persian𐫇‎𐫡𐫅𐫃—

Words derived from “بَرْدَج”

  • berdache
  • bardash
  • berdachism
  • bardassa
  • bardache
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