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Where does “پاپ” come from?

پاپ (Urdu) comes from Sanskrit पाप, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pāpás — bad.

پاپ (Urdu): sin

Definitions

  1. sin

Ancestry of “پاپ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपापbad, vicious, wicked, evil, wretched, vile, low;...
2Proto-Indo-Iranianpāpásbad
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