Where does “हरा प्याज़” come from?

हरा प्याज़ (Hindi) comes from Hindi हरा, from Sanskrit हरित, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰárHitas.

हरा प्याज़ (Hindi): spring onion

Definitions

  1. spring onion

Ancestry of “हरा प्याज़”, step by step

हरा प्याज़ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi हरा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiहराgreen-colored; raw; unripe; green
2Sanskritहरितyellowish
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰárHitas—

via Hindi प्याज़

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiप्याज़onion
2Persianپیازonion; bulb
3Middle Persianpyʾc—
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