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Where does “શાહી” come from?

શાહી (Gujarati) comes from Persian شاهی, from Persian شاه, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠, from Old Persian 𐏋, from Proto-Iranian xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáyati, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

શાહી (Gujarati): ink; pertaining or related to a shah, kingly,...

Definitions

  1. ink; pertaining or related to a shah, kingly,...

Ancestry of “શાહી”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianشاهی—
2Persianشاهking; shah; king; Something that is the biggest...
3Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠king
4Old Persian𐏋king
5Proto-Iranianxšáyati—
6Proto-Indo-Iraniankšáyatihe rules, he has power over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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