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Where does “کاغذ” come from?
کاغذ (Chagatai) comes from Classical Persian کَاغَذْ, from Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼲𐼹𐼰, from Old Chinese 紙.
Ancestry of “کاغذ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Classical Persian
کَاغَذْ
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2
Sogdian
𐼸𐼰𐼲𐼹𐼰
paper
3
Old Chinese
紙
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Words derived from “کاغذ”
قەغەز
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