Where does “کشف” come from?

کشف (Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian *kacyápah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas — turtle.

کشف (Persian): discovery; disclosure; revelation

Definitions

  1. discovery; disclosure; revelation

Ancestry of “کشف”, step by step

کشف traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Iranian *kacyápah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*kacyápahtortoise, turtle
2Proto-Indo-Iraniankaćyápasturtle

via Arabic كَشْف

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكَشْفunveiling, uncovering
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