Etymology

fauj

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Today it means: Army. Full definition →

Hindustani ← Classical Persian فَوْج ← Arabic فَوْج
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  1. Arabic · derived fromفَوْج
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromفَوْج
  3. Hindustani · borrowed from
  4. English todayfauj

Borrowed from Hindustani فَوج (fauj) / फ़ौज (fauj), from Classical Persian فَوْج (fawj), from Arabic فَوْج (fawj).

Words from the same roots

Arabicفَوْج all →

faujdar

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.