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Where does “اسرائیل” come from?

اسرائیل (Persian) comes from Arabic إِسْرَائِيل, from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל — Israel.

Ancestry of “اسرائیل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicإِسْرَائِيل—
2HebrewיִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael
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