Where does “شاد” come from?

شاد (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian شاد, from Middle Persian š't', from Old Persian 𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎫, from Proto-Iranian šyaHtas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čyaHtas.

شاد (Ottoman Turkish): happy, glad

Definitions

  1. happy, glad

Ancestry of “شاد”, step by step

شاد traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian شاد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianشادglad, happy, cheerful
2Middle Persianš't'—
3Old Persian𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎫—
4Proto-IranianšyaHtashappy
5Proto-Indo-IraniančyaHtas—

via Classical Persian شاد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianشاد—

Words derived from “شاد”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian čyaHtas →Every word from Proto-Iranian šyaHtas →Every word from Old Persian 𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎫 →