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Where does “ارض” come from?

ارض (Classical Persian) comes from Arabic أَرْض, from Proto-Semitic ʾarṣ́-.

Ancestry of “ارض”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَرْضearth; ground, soil
2Proto-Semiticʾarṣ́-—
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