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Where does “ماذا” come from?

ماذا (Arabic) comes from Arabic ذَا — this, that.

ماذا (Arabic): what; what on earth

Definitions

  1. what; what on earth

Ancestry of “ماذا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicذَاthis, that
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