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Where does “पूर्णकालिक” come from?

पूर्णकालिक (Hindi) comes from Hindi कालिक, from Hindi काल, from Hindi काला, from Sanskrit काल, from Proto-Turkic kār, from Proto-Iranian karah.

पूर्णकालिक (Hindi): full-time

Definitions

  1. full-time

Ancestry of “पूर्णकालिक”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiकालिकperiodical
2Hindiकालtime; era, epoch, age, period; death
3Hindiकालाblack; dirty, grimy; great, terrible, fearful
4Sanskritकालblack, dark blue; black, dark blue colour; pupil
5Proto-Turkickārsnow
6Proto-Iraniankarah—
Every word from Proto-Iranian karah →