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Where does “Arun” come from?

Arun is derived from Sanskrit अरुण, whose original meaning remains unknown.

Ancestry of “Arun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअरुणa name for the sun; also of his charioteer, or...
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*Harunás—
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