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Where does “कफ” come from?

कफ (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian kapʰas — mucus, phlegm.

कफ (Sanskrit): phlegm

Definitions

  1. phlegm

Ancestry of “कफ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniankapʰasmucus, phlegm

Words derived from “कफ”

  • कफ
  • ಕಫ
  • ಕಫ
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