Where does “شکنجه‌گر” come from?

شکنجه‌گر (Persian) comes from Persian ـگر — -er.

شکنجه‌گر (Persian): torturer, tormentor

Definitions

  1. torturer, tormentor

Ancestry of “شکنجه‌گر”, step by step

شکنجه‌گر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـگر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـگر-er

via Persian شکنجه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianشکنجهtorment; torture
Every word from Persian ـگر