Where does “همجنسگراهراس” come from?
همجنسگراهراس (Persian) comes from Persian ـهراس, from Persian هراس, from Parthian ʾhrʾs — fear, terror.
همجنسگراهراس (Persian): homophobic
Ancestry of “همجنسگراهراس”, step by step
همجنسگراهراس traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian ـهراس
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | ـهراس | phobic |
| 2 | Persian | هراس | -phobic; fear; terror |
| 3 | Parthian | ʾhrʾs | fear, terror |
via Persian همجنسگرا
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | همجنسگرا | homosexual |
| 2 | Persian | ـگرا | a non-joining suffix that forms nouns, with a meaning roughly equivalent to -ist, that is, one who believes or engages in |