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Where does “kapʰas” come from?

kapʰas (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian kapʰas — mucus, phlegm.

Ancestry of “kapʰas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniankapʰasmucus, phlegm

Words derived from “kapʰas”

  • कफ
  • कफ
  • ಕಫ
  • ಕಫ
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