Where does “शाई” come from?

शाई (Marathi) comes from Persian سیاهی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

शाई (Marathi): ink

Definitions

Ancestry of “शाई”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Persian	سیاهی	blackness, darkness, ink
2	Persian	ـی	Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms...
3	Middle Persian	-yk'	—
4	Old Persian	-𐎡𐎣	of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to
5	Proto-Indo-Iranian	-kas	Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
6	Proto-Indo-European	-ḱos	-y, -ic

Words derived from “शाई”

ಶಾಯಿ

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