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Where does “خنزير” come from?

خنزير (Malay) comes from Arabic خِنْزِير, from Aramaic חֲזִירָא.

خنزير (Malay): Jawi spelling of khinzir

Definitions

  1. Jawi spelling of khinzir

Ancestry of “خنزير”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicخِنْزِيرpig, swine
2Aramaicחֲזִירָא—
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