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Where does “сахьт” come from?

сахьт (Chechen) comes from Arabic ساعة, from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא.

сахьт (Chechen): hour

Definitions

  1. hour

Ancestry of “сахьт”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicساعةhour; short time, a while; timepiece, clock,...
2Aramaicשָׁעְתָא—
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