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Where does “జఘనము” come from?

జఘనము (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit जघन, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰongʰ- — dirty.

జఘనము (Telugu): The haunches: the hip and loins

Definitions

  1. The haunches: the hip and loins

Ancestry of “జఘనము”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritजघनbuttocks; The middle parts of the body, from...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰongʰ-dirty
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