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Where does “lelang” come from?

lelang (Malay) comes from Portuguese leilão, from Arabic إِعْلَام, from Arabic أَعْلَمَ — to inform.

lelang (Malay): auction

Definitions

  1. auction

Ancestry of “lelang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseleilãoauction
2Arabicإِعْلَامnotice, instruction
3Arabicأَعْلَمَto inform

Words derived from “lelang”

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Every word from Arabic أَعْلَمَ →