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Where does “յաղութ” come from?

յաղութ (Armenian) comes from Middle Armenian եաղութ, from Arabic يَاقُوت, from Ancient Greek Ῠ̔ᾰ́κινθος.

յաղութ (Armenian): ruby

Definitions

  1. ruby

Ancestry of “յաղութ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Armenianեաղութruby
2Arabicيَاقُوت—
3Ancient GreekῨ̔ᾰ́κινθος—
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