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Where does “zaif” come from?
zaif (Romanian) comes from Persian ضعیف, from Arabic ضَعِيف — weak.
zaif
(Romanian): sick
Definitions
sick
Ancestry of “zaif”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Persian
ضعیف
weak; feeble; poor
2
Arabic
ضَعِيف
weak
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