Where does “ալաժահրի” come from?
ալաժահրի (Armenian) comes from Middle Armenian ալաժահր, from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری, from Ottoman Turkish جهری, from Persian چهره, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩, from Old Persian *čiθrakah, from Proto-Iranian *čiθrákah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čitrás.
ալաժահրի (Armenian): buckthorn, Rhamnus
Definitions
- buckthorn, Rhamnus
Ancestry of “ալաժահրի”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Armenian | ալաժահր | a kind of buckthorn berry that is used as a yellow dye |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | آلاجهری | speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries,... |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | جهری | the yellowberry, fruit of {{taxlink|Rhamnus... |
| 4 | Persian | چهره | visage; face |
| 5 | Middle Persian | 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 | face |
| 6 | Old Persian | *čiθrakah | — |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | *čiθrákah | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čitrás | bright, clear, shining |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *kit-ró-s | — |