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Where does “takwin” come from?

takwin (English) comes from Arabic تكوين, from Arabic كون, from Arabic كَانَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

takwin (English): The creation of synthetic life, a goal of certain...

Definitions

  1. The creation of synthetic life, a goal of certain...

Ancestry of “takwin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتكوينverbal noun of كَوَّنَ; genesis
2Arabicكونverbal noun of كَانَ; being, essence; existence
3Arabicكَانَto be
4Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
5PersianیاAPI •; or; either
6Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
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