Where does “سه‌تار” come from?

سه‌تار (Persian) comes from Persian سه, from Old Persian 𐏂, from Proto-Iranian θráyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

سه‌تار (Persian): setar

Definitions

  1. setar

Ancestry of “سه‌تار”, step by step

سه‌تار traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian سه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianسهAPI •; three; black
2Old Persian𐏂The thirty-fifth letter of the Old Persian cuneiform script
3Proto-Iranianθráyahthree
4Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Persian تار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتارdark; obscure; dim
2Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “سه‌تار”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →Every word from Proto-Iranian θráyah →