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
Ancestry of “əhli-dil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | اهل دل | people of the heart |
| 2 | Persian | دل | heart; mind; courage |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | *jā́rd | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *ȷ́ʰā́rd | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱḗr | heart |