Where does “کشمیر” come from?
کشمیر (Persian) comes from Sanskrit कश्मीर, from Sanskrit कश्यपमीर, from Sanskrit कश्यप, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kaśyápas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas — turtle.
Ancestry of “کشمیر”, step by step
Words derived from “کشمیر”