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Where does “فاعل” come from?

فاعل (Persian) comes from Arabic فَاعِل, from Arabic خ, from Arabic ح — ب; ج.

فاعل (Persian): subject; doer, active

Definitions

  1. subject; doer, active

Ancestry of “فاعل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفَاعِلeffective; efficient
2Arabicخ—
3Arabicحب; ج
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