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Where does “حلم” come from?

حلم (Arabic) comes from Arabic حَلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

حلم (Arabic): to dream or about while asleep; to experience...

Definitions

  1. to dream or about while asleep; to experience...

Ancestry of “حلم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحَلَمَto dream
2Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
3Proto-Semitic*lV-—
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