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Where does “تمام” come from?

تمام (Persian) comes from Arabic تَمَام, from Arabic تمام, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

تمام (Persian): complete; all of; the whole

Definitions

  1. complete; all of; the whole

Ancestry of “تمام”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتَمَامcomplete, finished
2Arabicتمامverbal noun of تَمَّ; completeness, wholeness,...
3Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
4Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—
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