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wretched

9 occurrences across 8 Arabic/Persian roots

ذ- ل- ل
(dh-l-l) — humiliation; abasement; abased

“wretched” accounts for 2 of 86 occurrences of this root (2%)

س- ك- ن
(s-k-n) — dwelling; inhabitants; dwell

“wretched” accounts for 1 of 118 occurrences of this root (1%)

ب- ط- ل
(b-ṭ-l) — falsehood; vain; false, vain

“wretched” accounts for 1 of 40 occurrences of this root (3%)

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س- و- ء
(s-w-ʾ) — evil; evil deeds; evil_deeds

“wretched” accounts for 1 of 31 occurrences of this root (3%)

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ب- ء- س
(b-ʾ-s) — wretched; adversity; harm

“wretched” accounts for 1 of 15 occurrences of this root (7%)

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ب- ا- س
(b-ʾ-s) — adversity; wretched

“wretched” accounts for 1 of 2 occurrences of this root (50%)

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wretched 50% woe 50%

ش- ن- ع
(sh-n-ʿ) — more abominable; vile/abominable; wretched

“wretched” accounts for 1 of 4 occurrences of this root (25%)

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س- ح- ق
(s-ḥ-q) — crushing; destruction

“wretched” accounts for 1 of 2 occurrences of this root (50%)

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See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots: