Where does “نقشبند” come from?

نقشبند (Persian) comes from Persian بند, from Proto-Iranian *bandáh.

نقشبند (Persian): painter

Definitions

  1. painter

Ancestry of “نقشبند”, step by step

نقشبند traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian بند

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبندband, tie, fastening, ligature, bandage, chain,...
2Proto-Iranian*bandáh—

via Arabic نقش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicنقشto emboss; to extract, to draw out, to pull out;...
2Arabicنَقْش—

Words derived from “نقشبند”

Every word from Proto-Iranian *bandáh →Every word from Persian بند →