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Where does “alpa” come from?

alpa (Indonesian) comes from Malay alpa, from Classical Malay الڤا, from Sanskrit अल्प — small, minute, trifling, little; easily, without...

alpa (Indonesian): neglectful

Definitions

  1. neglectful

Ancestry of “alpa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalpaneglectful
2Classical Malayالڤا—
3Sanskritअल्पsmall, minute, trifling, little; easily, without...
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