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Where does “كأنما” come from?

كأنما (Arabic) comes from Arabic مَا — that; not; what.

كأنما (Arabic): as if, as though

Definitions

  1. as if, as though

Ancestry of “كأنما”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَاthat; not; what
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