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Where does “لقن” come from?

لقن (Arabic) comes from Aramaic לקנא, from Ancient Greek λεκάνη, from Ancient Greek λέκος — dish, pot, pan.

لقن (Arabic): to understand swiftly; to gather something from...

Definitions

  1. to understand swiftly; to gather something from...

Ancestry of “لقن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicלקנאdish, platter; basin
2Ancient Greekλεκάνηdish, pot, pan, basin
3Ancient Greekλέκοςdish, pot, pan
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