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Where does “صحيح” come from?

صحيح (Arabic) comes from Classical Persian صحیح, from Arabic صَحِيح — true; right, correct; genuine; sound, healthy.

صحيح (Arabic): complete, perfect, whole; sound, healthy; correct

Definitions

  1. complete, perfect, whole; sound, healthy; correct

Ancestry of “صحيح”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianصحیح—
2Arabicصَحِيحtrue; right, correct; genuine; sound, healthy
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