Where does “hazara” come from?
hazara (Finnish) comes from Persian هزاره, from Persian هزار, from Middle Persian hcʾl, from Proto-Iranian hajáhram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian saȷ́ʰásram, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
hazara (Finnish): Hazara member of an Afghanistani ethnic group; the Hazara an ethnic group of central Afghanistan
Definitions
- Hazara member of an Afghanistani ethnic group; the Hazara an ethnic group of central Afghanistan
Ancestry of “hazara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | هزاره | millennium |
| 2 | Persian | هزار | thousand |
| 3 | Middle Persian | hcʾl | thousand |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | hajáhram | one thousand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | saȷ́ʰásram | one thousand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥-ǵʰéslom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰéslom | thousand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |