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"word": "مُسْتَشْرِق"
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"word": "արևելագետ"
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
"word": "шарқшинос"
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
"word": "oryantalist"
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
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},
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
"word": "արևելագետ"
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
"word": "şərqşünas"
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
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"word": "प्राच्यविद्"
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
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"word": "orientalist"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šarq-šenâs",
"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
"word": "شرقشناس"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
"tags": [
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"word": "orientalist"
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
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"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
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"word": "orientalist"
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "šarqšinos",
"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
"word": "шарқшинос"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
"word": "oryantalist"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient",
"word": "sharqshunos"
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"word": "orientalist"
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