Where does “मुख्यालय” come from?
मुख्यालय (Hindi) comes from Hindi आलय, from Sanskrit आलय, from Sanskrit आ-, from Sanskrit आ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH.
मुख्यालय (Hindi): headquarters
Ancestry of “मुख्यालय”, step by step
मुख्यालय traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hindi आलय
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | आलय | place, home |
| 2 | Sanskrit | आलय | house, dwelling; receptacle, asylum |
| 3 | Sanskrit | आ- | up, upon, on |
| 4 | Sanskrit | आ | separated form of आ-; With senses determined by... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *HáH | — |
via Hindi मुख्य
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hindi | मुख्य | chief; main, principal; leading |
| 2 | Sanskrit | मुख्य | chief; being at the head or at the beginning,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | मुख | mouth; face; visage |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | múkʰam | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | múkHam | — |