Where does “ਅੱਤਿਆਚਾਰ” come from?
ਅੱਤਿਆਚਾਰ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit अत्याचार, from Sanskrit आचार, from Sanskrit चार, from Sanskrit चर, from Sanskrit -अ, from Sanskrit भाग्य, from Sanskrit भाग, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰāgás — Paleo-Balkan oak.
ਅੱਤਿਆਚਾਰ (Punjabi): atrocity, barbarity, cruelty
Definitions
- atrocity, barbarity, cruelty
Ancestry of “ਅੱਤਿਆਚਾਰ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | अत्याचार | performance of works of supererogation |
| 2 | Sanskrit | आचार | conduct, manner of action, behaviour, good... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चार | movement |
| 4 | Sanskrit | चर | secret emissary, spy, agent; wandering, walking,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | -अ | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | भाग्य | luck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | भाग | part, portion, share, allotment; compartment,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰāgás | division; allotment |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂gós | Paleo-Balkan oak |