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Where does “𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠” come from?

𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (Middle Persian) comes from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠, from Old Persian 𐏋, from Proto-Iranian xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáyati, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (Middle Persian): king of kings, shahanshah

Definitions

  1. king of kings, shahanshah

Ancestry of “𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠king
2Old Persian𐏋king
3Proto-Iranianxšáyati—
4Proto-Indo-Iraniankšáyatihe rules, he has power over
5Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠”

  • shahanshah
  • շահնշահ
  • شاهنشاه
  • շահանշահ
  • շահնշահ
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