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Where does “labda” come from?

labda (Swahili) comes from Persian لابد, from Arabic [[لَا]] [[بُدَّ]].

labda (Swahili): perhaps

Definitions

  1. perhaps

Ancestry of “labda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianلابدprobably; necessarily
2Arabic[[لَا]] [[بُدَّ]]—
Every word from Arabic [[لَا]] [[بُدَّ]] →