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Where does “اما” come from?

اما (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic أَمَّا — as for, as regards, but.

Ancestry of “اما”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَمَّاas for, as regards, but

Words derived from “اما”

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