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Where does “طلاق” come from?

طلاق (Classical Persian) comes from Arabic طَلَاق, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

Ancestry of “طلاق”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicطَلَاقdivorce
2Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
3Proto-Semitic*lV-—
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