Where does “ኪያር” come from?

ኪያር (Amharic) comes from Persian خیار, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥.

ኪያር (Amharic): cucumber

Definitions

  1. cucumber

Ancestry of “ኪያር”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخیارcucumber
2Middle Persian𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥—
Every word from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥 →Every word from Persian خیار →