Where does “αλιζάρι” come from?
αλιζάρι (Greek) comes from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری, from Ottoman Turkish جهری, from Persian چهره, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩, from Old Persian *čiθrakah, from Proto-Iranian *čiθrákah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *kit-ró-s.
αλιζάρι (Greek): madder
Ancestry of “αλιζάρι”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | آلاجهری | speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries,... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | جهری | the yellowberry, fruit of {{taxlink|Rhamnus... |
| 3 | Persian | چهره | visage; face |
| 4 | Middle Persian | 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 | face |
| 5 | Old Persian | *čiθrakah | — |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | *čiθrákah | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čitrás | bright, clear, shining |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *kit-ró-s | — |
Words derived from “αλιζάρι”