Where does “سوری” come from?
سوری (Persian) comes from English Irani, from English Iran, from Persian ایران, from Classical Persian ایران, from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭, from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭫, from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹, from Proto-Iranian Áryah — autonymic ethnonym of the respective...
سوری (Persian): red
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Ancestry of “سوری”, step by step
سوری traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Irani
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Irani | relative to Iran and its people; a person from... |
| 2 | English | Iran | The regions inhabited by the Iranian peoples |
| 3 | Persian | ایران | historically Persia |
| 4 | Classical Persian | ایران | — |
| 5 | Middle Persian | 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 | of the Iranians; of the Aryans; Aryans |
| 6 | Middle Persian | 𐭠𐭩𐭫 | Iranian, i.e. the autonymic self-denominator of... |
| 7 | Old Persian | 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 | Iranian |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | Áryah | Aryan, Iranian: of or pertaining to the Aryan or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Áryas | autonymic ethnonym of the respective... |