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Where does “رفيع” come from?

رفيع (Arabic) comes from Arabic رفع, from Arabic رَفَعَ, from Arabic ف, from Arabic نَفِدَ — to run out, to give out.

رفيع (Arabic): lifting up; high, elevated, sublime; loud, having...

Definitions

  1. lifting up; high, elevated, sublime; loud, having...

Ancestry of “رفيع”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicرفعto lift, to raise aloft, to hoist up, to heave...
2Arabicرَفَعَraise up; to lift
3Arabicفthen, and then; and so, thus, hence, therefore;...
4Arabicنَفِدَto run out, to give out
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