Where does “هفتسین” come from?
هفتسین (Persian) comes from Persian هفت, from Middle Persian hp̄t', from Proto-Iranian haptá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian saptá, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.
هفتسین (Persian): Haft Sin, or the Seven S's; the seven items beginning with the letter sin س which are symbolically arranged on a sofreh or table-cloth in the days running up to Nowruz (the Persian New Year)
Definitions
- Haft Sin, or the Seven S's; the seven items beginning with the letter sin س which are symbolically arranged on a sofreh or table-cloth in the days running up to Nowruz (the Persian New Year)
Ancestry of “هفتسین”, step by step
هفتسین traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.