Where does “բասար” come from?

բասար (Middle Armenian) comes from Arabic بصر, from Arabic بَصَل — onions.

բասար (Middle Armenian): sense, reason, wisdom

Definitions

  1. sense, reason, wisdom

Ancestry of “բասար”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبصرto see; to make see; verbal noun of بَصِرَ
2Arabicبَصَلonions
Every word from Arabic بَصَل →Every word from Arabic بصر →