Etymology Explorer › Old Georgian

Where does “შაჰრაჲ” come from?

შაჰრაჲ (Old Georgian) comes from Persian شاهراه, from Urdu شاہ, from Arabic شَاه, from Persian شاه, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠, from Old Persian 𐏋, from Proto-Iranian xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáyati — to sire, beget.

Ancestry of “შაჰრაჲ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianشاهراهhighway; Royal way
2Urduشاہking; shah
3Arabicشَاهking in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah
4Persianشاهking; shah; king; Something that is the biggest...
5Middle Persian𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠king
6Old Persian𐏋king
7Proto-Iranianxšáyati—
8Proto-Indo-Iraniankšáyatihe rules, he has power over
9Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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