Where does “تبرزين” come from?

تبرزين (Persian) comes from Persian زین, from Middle Persian zyn' — weapon; armor; saddle; weapon, armour.

تبرزين (Persian): battleaxe, axe

Definitions

  1. battleaxe, axe

Ancestry of “تبرزين”, step by step

تبرزين traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian زین

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزینsaddle (of a horse)
2Middle Persianzyn'weapon; armor; saddle; weapon, armour

via Persian تبر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتبرhatchet, axe, mattock
Every word from Middle Persian zyn' →Every word from Persian زین →