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Where does “لماذا” come from?

لماذا (Arabic) comes from Arabic لِـ — for; to, for, belonging to.

لماذا (Arabic): why

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Ancestry of “لماذا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicلِـfor; to, for, belonging to
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