Where does “تاخچہ” come from?

تاخچہ (Gawar-Bati) comes from Pashto طاخچه, from Persian طاقچه, from Persian طاق, from Arabic طاق, from Middle Iranian tāk.

تاخچہ (Gawar-Bati): niche, alcove

Definitions

  1. niche, alcove

Ancestry of “تاخچہ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pashtoطاخچه—
2Persianطاقچهshelf
3Persianطاقvault; arch
4Arabicطاقto bear; arch
5Middle Iraniantāk—
Every word from Middle Iranian tāk →Every word from Arabic طاق →Every word from Persian طاق →