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Where does “ਡਾਕ” come from?
ਡਾਕ (Punjabi) comes from Hindi डाक, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ḍakkas.
ਡਾਕ
(Punjabi): post, mail
Definitions
post, mail
Ancestry of “ਡਾਕ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Hindi
डाक
mail, post; dak
2
Proto-Indo-Aryan
ḍakkas
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