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Where does “alizari” come from?

alizari (English) comes from French alizari, from Greek αλιζάρι, from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری, from Ottoman Turkish جهری, from Persian چهره, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩, from Old Persian *čiθrakah, from Proto-Iranian *čiθrákah.

alizari (English): The madder of the Levant; wild madder

Definitions

  1. The madder of the Levant; wild madder

Ancestry of “alizari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalizarializari
2Greekαλιζάριmadder
3Ottoman Turkishآلاجهریspeckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries,...
4Ottoman Turkishجهریthe yellowberry, fruit of {{taxlink|Rhamnus...
5Persianچهرهvisage; face
6Middle Persian𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩face
7Old Persian*čiθrakah—
8Proto-Iranian*čiθrákah—
9Proto-Indo-Iraniančitrásbright, clear, shining
10Proto-Indo-European*kit-ró-s—
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