Where does “دیوار” come from?

دیوار (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish دیوار, from Persian دیوار, from Middle Persian dywʾl, from Old Persian *-wāra.

دیوار (Ottoman Turkish): wall

Definitions

  1. wall

Ancestry of “دیوار”, step by step

دیوار traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Anatolian Turkish دیوار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishدیوار
2Persianدیوارwall
3Middle Persiandywʾlwall
4Old Persian*-wāra

via Classical Persian دیوار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianدیوار

Words derived from “دیوار

Every word from Old Persian *-wāraEvery word from Middle Persian dywʾlEvery word from Persian دیوار