Where does “ਚਸ਼ਮਾ” come from?

ਚਸ਼ਮਾ (Punjabi) comes from Persian چشم, from Middle Persian AYNE, from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴, from Proto-Iranian čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čáćšma — eye; sight.

ਚਸ਼ਮਾ (Punjabi): glasses, spectacles

Definitions

  1. glasses, spectacles

Ancestry of “ਚਸ਼ਮਾ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچشمeye; OK, all right
2Middle PersianAYNE—
3Old Persian𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴—
4Proto-Iraniančášmaeye
5Proto-Indo-Iraniančáćšmaeye; sight
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian čáćšma →Every word from Proto-Iranian čášma →Every word from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴 →