Where does “مداد لب” come from?

مداد لب (Persian) comes from Persian لب, from Proto-Iranian *lab-, from Indo-European *leb-.

مداد لب (Persian): lipstick; lipstick pencil

Definitions

  1. lipstick; lipstick pencil

Ancestry of “مداد لب”, step by step

مداد لب traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian لب

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianلبlip; edge
2Proto-Iranian*lab-—
3Indo-European*leb-—

via Persian مداد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianمدادpencil
2Arabicمِدَادink
Every word from Indo-European *leb- →Every word from Proto-Iranian *lab- →Every word from Persian لب →