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Where does “استراحت” come from?

استراحت (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic اِسْتِرَاحَة, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

Ancestry of “استراحت”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicاِسْتِرَاحَة—
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “استراحت”

  • istirahat
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