Where does “巴旦” come from?
巴旦 (Chinese) comes from Classical Persian بادام, from Middle Persian wʾtʾm, from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám.
巴旦 (Chinese): almond
Ancestry of “巴旦”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Classical Persian | بادام | — |
| 2 | Middle Persian | wʾtʾm | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | vātādám | — |