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Where does “طَاق” come from?

طَاق (Arabic) comes from Persian طاق, from Arabic طاق, from Middle Iranian tāk.

Ancestry of “طَاق”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianطاقvault; arch
2Arabicطاقto bear; arch
3Middle Iraniantāk—
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