Etymology

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Today it means: Originally, the regions of India outside the three East India Company capitals of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras; hence, parts of a country outside an urban centre; the regions, rural areas. Full definition →

Bengali মফস্বল ← Classical Persian مفصل ← Arabic مُفَصَّل
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  1. Arabic · derived fromمُفَصَّل
  2. Classical Persian · derived fromمفصل
  3. Bengali · borrowed fromমফস্বল
  4. English todaymofussil

Borrowed from Bengali মফস্বল (mophośśol), from Classical Persian مفصل (mufassal), from Arabic مُفَصَّل (mufaṣṣal), passive participle of فَصَّلَ (faṣṣala, “to divide, classify”).

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