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Where does “ہوا” come from?
ہوا (Urdu) comes from Classical Persian هَوَا, from Arabic هَوَاء — air, atmosphere.
ہوا
(Urdu): air
Definitions
air
Ancestry of “ہوا”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Classical Persian
هَوَا
—
2
Arabic
هَوَاء
air, atmosphere
Words derived from “ہوا”
ہوا
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