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Where does “muẓḍʰás” come from?

muẓḍʰás (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian muždʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mawǰʰ- — to err, to deviate.

Ancestry of “muẓḍʰás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianmuždʰás—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmawǰʰ-to err, to deviate

Words derived from “muẓḍʰás”

  • मूढ
  • mūḍha
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