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Where does “बवासीर” come from?

बवासीर (Hindi) comes from Persian بواسیر, from Arabic بَوَاسِير, from Arabic بَاسُور, from Classical Syriac *ܒܳܨܘܿܪܴܐ.

बवासीर (Hindi): piles, haemorrhoids

Definitions

  1. piles, haemorrhoids

Ancestry of “बवासीर”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبواسیرhaemorrhoids
2Arabicبَوَاسِير—
3Arabicبَاسُورhemorrhoid, condyloma; haemorrhoids; hæmorrhoid
4Classical Syriac*ܒܳܨܘܿܪܴܐ—
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