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Where does “تل” come from?

تل (Arabic) comes from Proto-Semitic tall-, from Proto-Afroasiatic tVl- — hill.

تل (Arabic): verbal noun of تَلَّ; heap of sand, hillock,...

Definitions

  1. verbal noun of تَلَّ; heap of sand, hillock,...

Ancestry of “تل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitictall-hill
2Proto-AfroasiatictVl-hill
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