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Where does “सव्य” come from?

सव्य (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian sawyás, from Proto-Indo-European sewyós — left, left-hand.

सव्य (Sanskrit): left, left-hand; the left arm or hand

Definitions

  1. left, left-hand; the left arm or hand

Ancestry of “सव्य”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniansawyásleft, left-hand
2Proto-Indo-Europeansewyósleft, left-hand

Words derived from “सव्य”

  • అపసవ్యము
  • సవ్యము
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