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Where does “dilküşa” come from?

dilküşa (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian del, from Proto-Iranian *jr̥dáyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰŕ̥dayam, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

Ancestry of “dilküşa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persiandel—
2Proto-Iranian*jr̥dáyam—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰŕ̥dayamheart
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
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