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Where does “جلد” come from?
جلد (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Arabic جِلْد, from Proto-Semitic gild-.
جلد
(Egyptian Arabic): skin
Definitions
skin
Ancestry of “جلد”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
جِلْد
skin, hide
2
Proto-Semitic
gild-
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