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Where does “אחלה” come from?

אחלה (Hebrew) comes from Arabic أَحْلَى, from Arabic حُلْو, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

אחלה (Hebrew): awesome, the best

Definitions

  1. awesome, the best

Ancestry of “אחלה”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَحْلَى—
2Arabicحُلْوsweet, pleasant, pretty
3Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
4Proto-Semitic*lV-—
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