Where does “زرد” come from?
زرد (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic زرد, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.
زرد (Ottoman Turkish): yellow
Ancestry of “زرد”, step by step
زرد traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic زرد
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | زرد | to choke, to strangle; to gulp, to swallow, to... |
| 2 | Arabic | ر | second-person masculine singular active... |
| 3 | Arabic | رَأَى | to see |
via Persian زرد
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | زرد | yellow |
| 2 | Middle Persian | zlt' | yellow |