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Where does “مجار” come from?

مجار (Persian) comes from Ottoman Turkish مجار, from Hungarian Magyar, from Old Hungarian mogyër, from Proto-Ugric mańćɜ.

Ancestry of “مجار”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمجار—
2HungarianMagyar—
3Old Hungarianmogyër—
4Proto-Ugricmańćɜ—
Every word from Proto-Ugric mańćɜ →