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Where does “ʾwʾm” come from?

ʾwʾm (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian *abigāmā, from Proto-Indo-European ǵem- — to marry.

Ancestry of “ʾwʾm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian*abigāmā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵem-to marry

Words derived from “ʾwʾm”

  • أَوَان
  • اوان
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