Where does “مهشید” come from?
مهشید (Persian) comes from Persian شید, from Urdu شہید, from Arabic شَهِيد, from Arabic شَهِدَ, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه — to see; to look.
مهشید (Persian): the moon; moonlight
Definitions
- the moon; moonlight
Ancestry of “مهشید”, step by step
مهشید traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian شید
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | شید | bright |
| 2 | Urdu | شہید | witness; martyr |
| 3 | Arabic | شَهِيد | witness, martyr |
| 4 | Arabic | شَهِدَ | to witness, to bear witness; to witness, to... |
| 5 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 6 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 7 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 8 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 9 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |
via Persian مه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | مه | Alternative form of ماه; fog, mist; I, me |
| 2 | French | mai | May |
| 3 | Old French | mai | — |
| 4 | Latin | Māius | “month”}} of May |
| 5 | Latin | Maia | nominative feminine singular of Maius; nominative... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μαῖα | midwife; foster mother, nurse; good mother, dame |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μήτηρ | mother; source or origin |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | mā́tēr | mother |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |