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I am not able to understand below line in unix bash shell.Could anyone explain what it will do

result="${path1}/*${path2}*${var1}*religibleitem*.csv"

path1 is defined and it is a directory path
path1 is defined and it is a directory path
var1 is defined and it holds string value
Basically i did not understand the importance of /*,*