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Where does “عاشورا” come from?

عاشورا (Persian) comes from Arabic عَاشُورَاء — tenth, tenth day.

Ancestry of “عاشورا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَاشُورَاءtenth, tenth day
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