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Where does “ਤਿਲ” come from?

ਤਿਲ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit तिल, from Munda mun.

ਤਿਲ (Punjabi): sesame; mole

Definitions

  1. sesame; mole

Ancestry of “ਤਿਲ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritतिल"Sesamum indicum" , sesame seed
2Mundamun—
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