Where does “خروس” come from?

خروس (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish خُرُوسْ, from Persian خروس, from Middle Persian hlws, from Middle Persian hlwstn' — to call, cry; to call, to cry.

خروس (Ottoman Turkish): rooster, cock

Definitions

  1. rooster, cock

Ancestry of “خروس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishخُرُوسْ—
2Persianخروسrooster, cock
3Middle Persianhlwscock, rooster; rooster, cock
4Middle Persianhlwstn'to call, cry; to call, to cry

Words derived from “خروس”

Every word from Middle Persian hlwstn' →Every word from Middle Persian hlws →Every word from Persian خروس →