Where does “ریش‌تراش” come from?

ریش‌تراش (Persian) comes from Persian ریش, from Middle Persian lyš — beard.

ریش‌تراش (Persian): a shaver; an electric razor

Definitions

  1. a shaver; an electric razor

Ancestry of “ریش‌تراش”, step by step

ریش‌تراش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ریش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianریشbeard; wound; scar
2Middle Persianlyšbeard

via Persian تراش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتراشshaving, scraping, erasing, paring
Every word from Middle Persian lyšEvery word from Persian ریش
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