Where does “qırmızı” come from?
qırmızı (Azerbaijani) comes from Classical Persian قرمزی, from Arabic قِرْمِزِيّ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kŕ̥miš, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.
qırmızı (Azerbaijani): red
Definitions
- red
Ancestry of “qırmızı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | قرمزی | — |
| 2 | Arabic | قِرْمِزِيّ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kŕ̥miš | worm |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷŕ̥mis | worm |