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Where does “jahil” come from?

jahil (Malay) comes from Arabic جَاهِل — ignorant, fool, uneducated.

jahil (Malay): ignorant, foolish

Definitions

  1. ignorant, foolish

Ancestry of “jahil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجَاهِلignorant, fool, uneducated
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