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Where does “قمر” come from?

قمر (Arabic) comes from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

قمر (Arabic): to gamble; to defeat in gambling; to be or become...

Definitions

  1. to gamble; to defeat in gambling; to be or become...

Ancestry of “قمر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
2Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—
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