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Where does “khinzir” come from?
khinzir (Malay) comes from Arabic خِنْزِير, from Aramaic חֲזִירָא.
khinzir
(Malay): pig
Definitions
pig
Ancestry of “khinzir”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
خِنْزِير
pig, swine
2
Aramaic
חֲזִירָא
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