Where does “جوز هندی” come from?

جوز هندی (Persian) comes from Persian جوز, from Arabic جَوْز, from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭦, from Old Persian angauza, from Old Iranian *gauza-.

جوز هندی (Persian): nutmeg

Definitions

  1. nutmeg

Ancestry of “جوز هندی”, step by step

جوز هندی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian جوز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianجوزwalnut
2Arabicجَوْز—
3Middle Persian𐭢𐭥𐭦walnut
4Old Persianangauza—
5Old Iranian*gauza-—

via Persian هندی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianهندیIndian
2Persianهندcustom
3Middle PersianhndIndia
4Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁India; people living beyond the Indus

Words derived from “جوز هندی”

Every word from Old Iranian *gauza- →Every word from Old Persian angauza →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭦 →