Where does “ریش” come from?

ریش (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian ریش, from Middle Persian lyš — beard.

ریش (Ottoman Turkish): beard, facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck

Definitions

  1. beard, facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck

Ancestry of “ریش”, step by step

ریش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ریش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianریشbeard; wound; scar
2Middle Persianlyšbeard

via Arabic رِيش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicرِيش—
Every word from Middle Persian lyš →Every word from Persian ریش →