Where does “चश्म” come from?

चश्म (Hindi) comes from Persian چشم, from Middle Persian AYNE, from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴, from Proto-Iranian čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čáćšma — eye; sight.

चश्म (Hindi): eye

Definitions

  1. eye

Ancestry of “चश्म”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچشمeye; OK, all right
2Middle PersianAYNE—
3Old Persian𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴—
4Proto-Iraniančášmaeye
5Proto-Indo-Iraniančáćšmaeye; sight
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian čáćšma →Every word from Proto-Iranian čášma →Every word from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴 →
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