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Where does “ਬਜਾਜ” come from?

ਬਜਾਜ (Punjabi) comes from Ottoman Turkish بزاز, from Arabic بَزَّاز — draper, cloth merchant.

Ancestry of “ਬਜਾਜ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبزازcloth merchant, garment salesman, textile dealer,...
2Arabicبَزَّازdraper, cloth merchant
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