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Where does “ابرو” come from?

ابرو (Urdu) comes from Persian ابرو, from Middle Persian blwk', from Proto-Iranian *HbrúHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃bʰrúHs — eyebrow.

ابرو (Urdu): eyebrow

Definitions

  1. eyebrow

Ancestry of “ابرو”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianابروeyebrow
2Middle Persianblwk'—
3Proto-Iranian*HbrúHs—
4Proto-Indo-IranianHbʰrúHseyebrow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃bʰrúHseyebrow
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