Where does “فرملة” come from?
فرملة (Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish فرمنه, from Ottoman Turkish فرمان, from Persian فرمان, from Middle Persian plmʾn', from Old Persian 𐎳𐎼𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎠, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pramaHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁nom, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
فرملة (Arabic): brake
Definitions
- brake
Ancestry of “فرملة”, step by step
فرملة traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish فرمنه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | فرمنه | a kind of ornamented jacket worn afore the torso |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | فرمان | command, order |
| 3 | Persian | فرمان | command, order; decree, edict; steering wheel |
| 4 | Middle Persian | plmʾn' | order, command |
| 5 | Old Persian | 𐎳𐎼𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎠 | command |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pramaHnam | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *meh₁nom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |