Where does “दशहरा” come from?
दशहरा (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit दशहरा, from Sanskrit अहर्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háȷ́ʰr̥.
Ancestry of “दशहरा”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | दशहरा | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अहर् | day; sacrificial or festival day, portion of a... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Háȷ́ʰr̥ | — |