Where does “Shahmukhi” come from?
Shahmukhi (English) comes from Punjabi شاہ مکھی, from Urdu شاہ, from Arabic شَاه, from Persian شاه, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠, from Old Persian 𐏋, from Proto-Iranian xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáyati — to sire, beget.
Shahmukhi (English): A variant of the Urdu script, based on the Nastaliq style of the Persian script and adopted to write the Punjabi language in the Punjab region of Pakistan
Definitions
- A variant of the Urdu script, based on the Nastaliq style of the Persian script and adopted to write the Punjabi language in the Punjab region of Pakistan
Ancestry of “Shahmukhi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punjabi | شاہ مکھی | Shahmukhi |
| 2 | Urdu | شاہ | king; shah |
| 3 | Arabic | شَاه | king in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah |
| 4 | Persian | شاه | king; shah; king; Something that is the biggest... |
| 5 | Middle Persian | 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 | king |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐏋 | king |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | xšáyati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kšáyati | he rules, he has power over |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |