Where does “نیم‌تاج” come from?

نیم‌تاج (Persian) comes from Persian تاج, from Arabic تَاج, from Classical Persian گل, from Arabic نُور, from Classical Persian جَان, from Middle Persian 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗, from Proto-Iranian *wyaHnáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wyaHnás — to breathe.

نیم‌تاج (Persian): a tiara

Definitions

  1. a tiara

Ancestry of “نیم‌تاج”, step by step

نیم‌تاج traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian تاج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتاجcrown; tuft
2Arabicتَاج—
3Classical Persianگل—
4Arabicنُورlight, brightess; ray of light, light beam;...
5Classical Persianجَان—
6Middle Persian𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗—
7Proto-Iranian*wyaHnáH—
8Proto-Indo-IranianwyaHnás—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enh₁‑to breathe

via Urdu نیم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduنیمrule; law; principle
2Sanskritनिम्बAzadirachta indica; margosa or neem tree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂enh₁‑ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wyaHnás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *wyaHnáH →