Where does “薩塔爾” come from?

薩塔爾 (Chinese) comes from Uyghur ساتار, from Persian سه‌تار, from Persian سه, from Old Persian 𐏂, from Proto-Iranian θráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

薩塔爾 (Chinese): satar

Definitions

  1. satar

Ancestry of “薩塔爾”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurساتارsatar, a bowed long-necked lute used as a...
2Persianسه‌تارsetar
3PersianسهAPI •; three; black
4Old Persian𐏂The thirty-fifth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script
5Proto-Iranianθráyahthree
6Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →Every word from Proto-Iranian θráyah →