Where does “फ़ीरोज़ी” come from?
फ़ीरोज़ी (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian فیروزی, from Arabic فَيْرُوز, from Classical Persian پیروزه, from Turkic Turkic, from English sarapa, from Persian سراپا, from Persian پا, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.
फ़ीरोज़ी (Hindi): of the colour of the turquoise
Definitions
- of the colour of the turquoise
Ancestry of “फ़ीरोज़ी”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | فیروزی | — |
| 2 | Arabic | فَيْرُوز | — |
| 3 | Classical Persian | پیروزه | turquoise |
| 4 | Turkic | Turkic | — |
| 5 | English | sarapa | A robe of honour |
| 6 | Persian | سراپا | from head to toe |
| 7 | Persian | پا | leg, foot; with |
| 8 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎭 | foot |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | pā́dah | foot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |