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Where does “चिह्न” come from?

चिह्न (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit -अन, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

चिह्न (Sanskrit): mark, sign

Definitions

  1. mark, sign

Ancestry of “चिह्न”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskrit-अनforms neuter nouns
2Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “चिह्न”

  • चीन्हा
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