Where does “ਖ਼ਰਗੋਸ਼” come from?
ਖ਼ਰਗੋਸ਼ (Punjabi) comes from Classical Persian خرگوش, from Middle Persian 𐭤𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭱, from Old Persian *xaragaušah.
ਖ਼ਰਗੋਸ਼ (Punjabi): rabbit; hare
Ancestry of “ਖ਼ਰਗੋਸ਼”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | خرگوش | — |
| 2 | Middle Persian | 𐭤𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭱 | rabbit, hare; rabbit, hare, lit. 'big ear' |
| 3 | Old Persian | *xaragaušah | — |