Where does “Mashhad” come from?
Mashhad (English) comes from Persian مشهد, from Arabic مشهد, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن, from Proto-Iranian kas- — to see; to look.
Ancestry of “Mashhad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | مشهد | place of martyrdom |
| 2 | Arabic | مشهد | place of assembly, meeting, meeting place; place... |
| 3 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 4 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 5 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 6 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 7 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |