Where does “ფერადკანიანი” come from?
ფერადკანიანი (Georgian) comes from Georgian ფერადი, from Georgian ფერი, from Turkish peri, from Ottoman Turkish پری, from Persian پری, from Persian پر, from Middle Persian purr, from Proto-Iranian pr̥Hnáh — to fill.
ფერადკანიანი (Georgian): nonwhite person, someone of non-white ethnicity
Definitions
- nonwhite person, someone of non-white ethnicity
Ancestry of “ფერადკანიანი”, step by step
ფერადკანიანი traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Georgian ფერადი
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgian | ფერადი | colourful |
| 2 | Georgian | ფერი | color, hue; look-alike |
| 3 | Turkish | peri | fairy, pixie |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | پری | fairy |
| 5 | Persian | پری | sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian... |
| 6 | Persian | پر | full; feather; wing |
| 7 | Middle Persian | purr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | pr̥Hnáh | full, filled |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥Hnás | full, filled |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via Georgian კანიანი
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgian | კანიანი | — |