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Where does “ترجمان” come from?

ترجمان (Urdu) comes from Classical Persian ترجمان, from Arabic تُرْجُمَان, from Classical Syriac ܬܪܓܡܢܐ, from Akkadian targumannum.

ترجمان (Urdu): translator

Definitions

  1. translator

Ancestry of “ترجمان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianترجمان—
2Arabicتُرْجُمَانtranslator, interpreter
3Classical Syriacܬܪܓܡܢܐtranslator
4Akkadiantargumannum—
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