Where does “नक्सा” come from?
नक्सा (Nepali) comes from Persian نقشه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
नक्सा (Nepali): map; picture, sketch
Ancestry of “नक्सा”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | نقشه | map; plan; model |
| 2 | Persian | ـه | — |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |
Words derived from “नक्सा”