Where does “bəlayi-eşq” come from?
bəlayi-eşq (Azerbaijani) comes from Persian بلای عشق, from Persian ی, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.
bəlayi-eşq (Azerbaijani): affliction of love
Ancestry of “bəlayi-eşq”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | بلای عشق | affliction of love |
| 2 | Persian | ی | the grammatical particle ezafe; see... |
| 3 | Arabic | ي | bound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,... |
| 4 | Proto-Semitic | ʿayn- | eye |
| 5 | Hebrew | עַיִן | eye |