Where does “ашьаҳиҭ” come from?
ашьаҳиҭ (Abkhaz) comes from Ottoman Turkish شهید, from Arabic شَهِيد, from Arabic شَهِدَ, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن — to see; to look.
ашьаҳиҭ (Abkhaz): martyr
Definitions
- martyr
Ancestry of “ашьаҳиҭ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | شهید | martyr |
| 2 | Arabic | شَهِيد | witness, martyr |
| 3 | Arabic | شَهِدَ | to witness, to bear witness; to witness, to... |
| 4 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 5 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 6 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 7 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 8 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |