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Where does “سواد” come from?

سواد (Persian) comes from Arabic سَوَاد — blackness, black.

سواد (Persian): literacy

Definitions

  1. literacy

Ancestry of “سواد”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicسَوَادblackness, black

Words derived from “سواد”

  • باسوادی
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