Where does “ماش” come from?

ماش (Arabic) comes from Persian ماش, from Sanskrit माष — any Old World bean; urad.

ماش (Arabic): pedestrian; foot soldier; infantry; narrator

Definitions

  1. pedestrian; foot soldier; infantry; narrator

Ancestry of “ماش”, step by step

ماش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ماش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianماشmung bean and mungo bean "Vigna mungo", ماش سیاه
2Sanskritमाषany Old World bean; urad

via Arabic مَشَى

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَشَىto go; to walk

Words derived from “ماش”

Every word from Sanskrit माष →Every word from Persian ماش →