Where does “yarımsavadlı” come from?

yarımsavadlı (Azerbaijani) comes from Azerbaijani savadlı, from Azerbaijani savad, from Persian سواد, from Arabic سَوَاد — blackness, black.

yarımsavadlı (Azerbaijani): semi-literate

Definitions

  1. semi-literate

Ancestry of “yarımsavadlı”, step by step

yarımsavadlı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Azerbaijani savadlı

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijanisavadlıliterate
2Azerbaijanisavadliteracy
3Persianسوادliteracy
4Arabicسَوَادblackness, black

via Azerbaijani yarım

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Azerbaijaniyarımhalf (used as quantifier)
2Proto-Turkicyār-to crack, split; to crack, split, crush; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Arabic سَوَاد →Every word from Persian سواد →Every word from Azerbaijani savad →