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The English colour word 'khaki' comes from the Persian word 'khak', meaning what?
A
Dust or earth
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B
Sand dune
C
Uniform
D
Desert wind
Khaki is 'dust-coloured' — from Persian khak (earth), borrowed through Urdu.
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