Where does “اشترخار” come from?

اشترخار (Persian) comes from Persian خار, from Middle Persian hʾl — thorn.

اشترخار (Persian): camelthorn

Definitions

  1. camelthorn

Ancestry of “اشترخار”, step by step

اشترخار traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian خار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخارthorn
2Middle Persianhʾlthorn

via Persian اشتر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianاشترArchaic form of شتر
Every word from Middle Persian hʾl →Every word from Persian خار →