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Where does “चुंबकीय” come from?

चुंबकीय (Hindi) comes from Hindi चुंबक, from Sanskrit चुम्बन, from Sanskrit चुम्ब्, from Dravidian unknown.

चुंबकीय (Hindi): magnetic

Definitions

  1. magnetic

Ancestry of “चुंबकीय”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiचुंबकmagnet
2Sanskritचुम्बनkiss; kissing
3Sanskritचुम्ब्—
4Dravidianunknown—
Every word from Dravidian unknown →