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Where does “بلا” come from?

بلا (Classical Persian) comes from Arabic بَلَاء — misfortune, calamity; affliction.

Ancestry of “بلا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبَلَاءmisfortune, calamity; affliction
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