Where does “मुर्ग़ा” come from?

मुर्ग़ा (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian مرغ, from Middle Iranian murγ, from Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mr̥gás — a forest animal.

मुर्ग़ा (Hindi): chicken

Definitions

  1. chicken

Ancestry of “मुर्ग़ा”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianمرغ—
2Middle Iranianmurγ—
3Proto-Iranian*mr̥gáhhen, bird
4Proto-Indo-Iranianmr̥gása forest animal

Words derived from “मुर्ग़ा”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mr̥gás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáh →Every word from Middle Iranian murγ →