Words that come from Middle Persian “HYA”

27 words across 14 languages descend from Middle Persian HYA — including can, Can, جان, ջան, ջան, babacan, Բաբաջանյան, cansız.

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Turkish (8)

Hindi (4)

Armenian (2)

Bashkir (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Sindhi (1)

Middle Armenian (1)

Albanian (1)

Georgian (1)

Russian (1)

Ottoman Turkish (1)

Persian (1)

Uyghur (1)

Azerbaijani (1)