Where does “şərqşünas” come from?

şərqşünas (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani -şünas, from Persian ـشناس, from Persian شناختن, from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭, from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

şərqşünas (Azerbaijani): orientalist

Definitions

  1. orientalist

Ancestry of “şərqşünas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijani-şünaslogist
2Persianـشناسlogist
3Persianشناختنto know, to be acquainted with; to acknowledge;...
4Middle Persian𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭to recognize, to know
5Old Persian𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “şərqşünas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭 →