Where does “əhli-dil” come from?

əhli-dil (Azerbaijani) comes from Persian اهل دل, from Persian دل, from Proto-Iranian *jā́rd, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰā́rd, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

əhli-dil (Azerbaijani): people of heart

Definitions

  1. people of heart

Ancestry of “əhli-dil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianاهل دلpeople of the heart
2Persianدلheart; mind; courage
3Proto-Iranian*jā́rdheart
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰā́rdheart
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰā́rd →Every word from Proto-Iranian *jā́rd →