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Where does “ظالم” come from?

ظالم (Classical Persian) comes from Arabic ظَالِم — tyrannical, oppressing, iniquitous.

Ancestry of “ظالم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicظَالِمtyrannical, oppressing, iniquitous
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