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Where does “جائز” come from?

جائز (Persian) comes from Arabic جَازَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

جائز (Persian): permissible

Definitions

  1. permissible

Ancestry of “جائز”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجَازَto pass, pass by; to pass by; to pass through
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “جائز”

  • नाजायज़
  • जायज़
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