Where does “फिरोजी” come from?
फिरोजी (Konkani) 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.
फिरोजी (Konkani): turquoise color
Definitions
- turquoise color
Ancestry of “फिरोजी”, 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 |