Where does “شتان ما” come from?

شتان ما (Arabic) comes from Arabic ـمَا — soever.

شتان ما (Arabic): What a difference! How different they are!

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Ancestry of “شتان ما”, step by step

شتان ما traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ـمَا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـمَاsoever

via Arabic شَتَّانَ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشَتَّانَ
Every word from Arabic ـمَا
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