Where does “taswir” come from?

taswir (Malay) comes from Arabic تَصْوِير, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

Ancestry of “taswir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتَصْوِيرdepiction, photography
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “taswir”

Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →