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Where does “շամպուն” come from?

շամպուն (Armenian) comes from Russian шампу́нь, from French shampooing, from English shampoo, from Urdu چان٘پو, from Hindi चाँपो, from Hindi चाँपना, from Sanskrit चपयति — to pound, kneed; to pound, to knead; to pound,...

շամպուն (Armenian): shampoo

Definitions

  1. shampoo

Ancestry of “շամպուն”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianшампу́нь—
2Frenchshampooingshampoo
3EnglishshampooA traditional Indian and Persian body massage...
4Urduچان٘پو—
5Hindiचाँपोinflection of चाँपना : ## second-person plural...
6Hindiचाँपनाto press, to squeeze, to knead; to shampoo; to...
7Sanskritचपयतिto pound, kneed; to pound, to knead; to pound,...
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