Where does “ਦਫ਼ਾ” come from?

ਦਫ਼ਾ (Punjabi) comes from Arabic دفع, from Arabic ف, from Arabic نَفِدَ — to run out, to give out.

ਦਫ਼ਾ (Punjabi): away

Definitions

  1. away

Ancestry of “ਦਫ਼ਾ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicدفعto pay; to push, to push away, to drive away;...
2Arabicفthen, and then; and so, thus, hence, therefore;...
3Arabicنَفِدَto run out, to give out
Every word from Arabic نَفِدَ →Every word from Arabic ف →Every word from Arabic دفع →