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],
"word": "اَلِف"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "ëlip",
"sense": "first letter of the Arabic alphabet",
"word": "ئېلىپ"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "elf",
"sense": "first letter of the Arabic alphabet",
"word": "ئەلف"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "first letter of the Arabic alphabet",
"word": "alif"
}
],
"word": "alif"
}
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