Where does “کاش” come from?

کاش (Persian) comes from Sanskrit काच — glass; crystal, quartz; alkaline salt, block salt.

کاش (Persian): glass

Definitions

  1. glass

Ancestry of “کاش”, step by step

کاش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit काच

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकाचglass; crystal, quartz; alkaline salt, block salt

via Middle Persian kʾc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persiankʾc

Words derived from “کاش

Every word from Sanskrit काच