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Where does “sát na” come from?

sát na (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 剎那, from Sanskrit क्षण — any instantaneous point of time, an instant, a...

sát na (Vietnamese): split-second

Definitions

  1. split-second

Ancestry of “sát na”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese剎那instant; moment; split-second
2Sanskritक्षणany instantaneous point of time, an instant, a...
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