Where does “کلاه‌برداری” come from?

کلاه‌برداری (Persian) comes from Persian ی, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.

کلاه‌برداری (Persian): fraud

Definitions

  1. fraud

Ancestry of “کلاه‌برداری”, step by step

کلاه‌برداری traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianیthe grammatical particle ezafe; see...
2Arabicيbound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,...
3Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
4Hebrewעַיִןeye

via Persian کلاه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکلاهhat; crown; cap
2Middle Persiankwlʾp̄bonnet; cap, bonnet

via Persian بردار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبردارvector
Every word from Hebrew עַיִןEvery word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-Every word from Arabic ي