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Where does “سَاعَت” come from?
سَاعَت (Classical Persian) comes from Arabic سَاعَة, from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא.
Ancestry of “سَاعَت”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
سَاعَة
hour, clock
2
Aramaic
שָׁעְתָא
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Words derived from “سَاعَت”
sagat
səⱨət
соат
səⱨəti
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