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Where does “مقام” come from?

مقام (Arabic) comes from Persian مقام, from Arabic مَقَام — place, position, state.

Ancestry of “مقام”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianمقام—
2Arabicمَقَامplace, position, state
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