Where does “նարտ” come from?

նարտ (Middle Armenian) comes from Persian نرد, from Persian نردشیر, from Middle Persian nywʾlthšyl, from Middle Persian nyw, from Old Persian 𐎴𐎡𐎲, from Proto-Iranian naybah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian naybʰah, from Proto-Indo-European neybʰ-.

նարտ (Middle Armenian): backgammon

Definitions

  1. backgammon

Ancestry of “նարտ”, step by step

նարտ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian نرد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنردbackgammon
2Persianنردشیرbackgammon
3Middle Persiannywʾlthšylbackgammon
4Middle Persiannywgood, brave, valiant
5Old Persian𐎴𐎡𐎲—
6Proto-Iraniannaybahblessed, fortunate
7Proto-Indo-Iraniannaybʰah—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanneybʰ-blessed, holy, fortunate
9Proto-Indo-Europeanney-to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited
10Cebuano-hi—

via Classical Persian نرد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianنرد—

Words derived from “նարտ”

Every word from Cebuano -hi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ney- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European neybʰ- →