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Where does “ʾlmʾs” come from?

ʾlmʾs (Middle Persian) comes from Greek ἀδάμας.

ʾlmʾs (Middle Persian): steel; diamond

Definitions

  1. steel; diamond

Ancestry of “ʾlmʾs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekἀδάμας—

Words derived from “ʾlmʾs”

  • ألماس
  • elmas
  • ալմաստ
  • ալմաս
  • ალმასი
  • الماس
  • алмаз
  • الماس
  • الماس
  • Алмас
  • алмас
  • ալմաս
Every word from Greek ἀδάμας →