Where does “خور” come from?

خور (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian خوار, from Middle Persian hw'l.

خور (Ottoman Turkish): despicable, abject, vile

Definitions

  1. despicable, abject, vile

Ancestry of “خور”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخوارeasy; mean, abject; present stem form of خواردن
2Middle Persianhw'l—

Words derived from “خور”

Every word from Middle Persian hw'l →Every word from Persian خوار →