Where does “कश्मीर” come from?
कश्मीर (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit कश्मीर, from Sanskrit कश्यपमीर, from Sanskrit कश्यप, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kaśyápas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas — turtle.
Ancestry of “कश्मीर”, step by step
Words derived from “कश्मीर”