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Where does “نرگس شہلا” come from?

نرگس شہلا (Urdu) comes from Persian نرگس شهلا, from Persian نرگس, from Middle Persian nlgs, from Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος — Narcissus.

نرگس شہلا (Urdu): a kind of narcissus of which the flowers have...

Definitions

  1. a kind of narcissus of which the flowers have...

Ancestry of “نرگس شہلا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنرگس شهلاa reddish-blue narcissus; the eye of a mistress
2Persianنرگسnarcissus
3Middle Persiannlgs—
4Ancient GreekΝάρκισσοςNarcissus
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