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شمع: Arabic → Persian → Urdu · Lexodus

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شمع

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَمْع (šam'), from Arabic شَمْع (šamʕ). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi شَمْع (śm' /⁠śam'⁠/).

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c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1050
c. 1700

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.