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Where does “کوچه پس کوچه” come from?

کوچه پس کوچه (Persian) comes from Persian پس کوچه, from Persian کوچه, from Persian کوی, from Middle Persian kwd — street, lane; lane, street.

کوچه پس کوچه (Persian): series of interconnected alleys

Definitions

  1. series of interconnected alleys

Ancestry of “کوچه پس کوچه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپس کوچهa side alley extending off another alley; a...
2Persianکوچهalley; lane; kucheh
3Persianکویstreet; city block
4Middle Persiankwdstreet, lane; lane, street
Every word from Middle Persian kwd →