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Where does “تنها” come from?

تنها (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian تنها, from Middle Persian tn'yhʾ.

Ancestry of “تنها”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتنهاalone; single; just
2Middle Persiantn'yhʾ—
Every word from Middle Persian tn'yhʾ →