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Where does “دال” come from?

دال (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish طال, from Proto-Turkic tāl.

Ancestry of “دال”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishطال—
2Proto-Turkictāl—
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