Where does “ياد” come from?

ياد (Pashto) comes from Persian یاد, from Common Turkic yāt — alien, foreign, unfamiliar.

ياد (Pashto): memory

Definitions

  1. memory

Ancestry of “ياد”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianیادmemory
2Common Turkicyātalien, foreign, unfamiliar
Every word from Common Turkic yāt →Every word from Persian یاد →