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Where does “ـواری” come from?

ـواری (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian ـواری, from Persian ـوار, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

Ancestry of “ـواری”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـواری—
2Persianـوار—
3Persianـه—
4Proto-Iranian-akahCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
5Proto-Iranian-kah—
6Proto-Austronesiankaif
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