Where does “şərqşünaslıq” come from?

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

şərqşünaslıq (Azerbaijani): Oriental studies

Definitions

  1. Oriental studies

Ancestry of “şərqşünaslıq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanişərqşünasorientalist
2Azerbaijani-şünaslogist
3Persianـشناسlogist
4Persianشناختنto know, to be acquainted with; to acknowledge;...
5Middle Persian𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭to recognize, to know
6Old Persian𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭭𐭠𐭧𐭲𐭭 →