Where does “аждаја” come from?

аждаја (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish اژدها, from Persian اژدها, from Parthian aždahāk, from Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀.

аждаја (Serbo-Croatian): dragon; type of mythical creature similar to...

Definitions

  1. dragon; type of mythical creature similar to...

Ancestry of “аждаја”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishاژدهاdragon
2Persianاژدهاdragon
3Parthianaždahāk—
4Avestan𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀—
Every word from Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 →Every word from Parthian aždahāk →Every word from Persian اژدها →