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Where does “𐭰𐭩” come from?

𐭰𐭩 (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-European kʷis — interrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

𐭰𐭩 (Middle Persian): what; because

Definitions

  1. what; because

Ancestry of “𐭰𐭩”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankʷisinterrogative, relative stem; who, what;...

Words derived from “𐭰𐭩”

  • چقدر
  • چطور
  • چه
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