Where does “شهلاچشم” come from?

شهلاچشم (Persian) comes from Persian چشم, from Middle Persian AYNE, from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴, from Proto-Iranian čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čáćšma — eye; sight.

شهلاچشم (Persian): having eyes of شهلا color

Definitions

  1. having eyes of شهلا color

Ancestry of “شهلاچشم”, step by step

شهلاچشم traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian چشم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچشمeye; OK, all right
2Middle PersianAYNE—
3Old Persian𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴—
4Proto-Iraniančášmaeye
5Proto-Indo-Iraniančáćšmaeye; sight

via Persian شهلا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianشهلاdark blue mixed with red
2Arabicشَهْلَاء—
3Arabicأَشْهَل—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian čáćšma →Every word from Proto-Iranian čášma →Every word from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴 →