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Where does “तख़ल्लुस” come from?

तख़ल्लुस (Hindi) comes from Arabic تَخَلُّص, from Arabic خ ل ص — related to making pure.

तख़ल्लुस (Hindi): pseudonym, especially as used by Urdu and Persian...

Definitions

  1. pseudonym, especially as used by Urdu and Persian...

Ancestry of “तख़ल्लुस”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتَخَلُّص—
2Arabicخ ل صrelated to making pure
Every word from Arabic خ ل ص →