Agony
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Agony (n.) 14th century, via Old French [Term?] and Latin [Term?]; from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía, “emulation, competition, struggle”), from ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”). Specifically of the struggle that precedes death (mortal agony) from the 1540s.
The sense of "extreme pain" from c. 1600.
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The root hamza dhāl yā (أ ذ ي) occurs 24 times in the Quran
