Where does “ناکجاآباد” come from?

ناکجاآباد (Persian) comes from Persian ناکجا, from Persian کجا, from Persian که, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.

ناکجاآباد (Persian): middle of nowhere

Definitions

  1. middle of nowhere

Ancestry of “ناکجاآباد”, step by step

ناکجاآباد traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ناکجا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianناکجاnowhere
2Persianکجاwhere
3PersianکهAPI •; that; which
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base

via Persian ـآباد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـآبادforms names of towns and populated or inhabited areas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷi-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷísEvery word from Persian که