Where does “ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ” come from?
ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ (Punjabi) comes from Punjabi ਸ਼ਾਹ, from Classical Persian شاه, from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠, from Old Persian 𐏋, from Proto-Iranian xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kšáyati, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.
ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ (Punjabi): from the king's mouth
Definitions
- from the king's mouth
Ancestry of “ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ”, step by step
ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.