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Where does “لوت” come from?

لوت (Persian) comes from French luth, from Middle French lut, from Old French leüt, from Occitan laüt, from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic عود, from Arabic عَادَ, from Arabic و — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

لوت (Persian): lute

Definitions

  1. lute

Ancestry of “لوت”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchluthlute, a stringed instrument
2Middle Frenchlut—
3Old Frenchleüt—
4Occitanlaütlute
5Old Occitanlaütlute
6Arabicعودwood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig
7Arabicعَادَto return, go back
8Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
9PersianیاAPI •; or; either
10Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
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