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Where does “جَفْن” come from?
جَفْن (Arabic) comes from Middle Armenian -ի, from Old Armenian -ի, from Proto-Indo-European -yo-.
Ancestry of “جَفْن”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Middle Armenian
-ի
forming botanical names
2
Old Armenian
-ի
forming adjectives; forming botanical names; made...
3
Proto-Indo-European
-yo-
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Words derived from “جَفْن”
جفنة
ճփնի
ġifen
جفن
جفن
جفن
τσιφίνι
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