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Yalda is a Syriac word meaning "birth," but yalda is the Hebrew biblical name for daughter, dating back to at least a thousand B.C.E. The Hebrew ho'lid is "gave birth."
Marc Gopin: The Iranian Yalda And The Fateful Choice Of Light Over Darkness Marc Gopin 2012
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