Etymology

majhul

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Today it means: A vowel phoneme that does not have a phonemic equivalent in Classical Arabic. Full definition →

Classical Persian مَجْهُول ← Arabic مَجْهُول
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromمَجْهُول“unknown”
  2. Classical Persian · borrowed fromمَجْهُول
  3. English todaymajhul

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَجْهُول (majhūl), from Arabic مَجْهُول (majhūl, “unknown”).

Words from the same roots

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