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Where does “behar” come from?

behar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish bahar, from Classical Persian بهار, from Middle Persian whʾl, from Old Persian 𐎺𐎠𐏃𐎼, from Proto-Iranian *wáhār, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wásr̥, from Proto-Indo-European wósr̥ — spring.

behar (Serbo-Croatian): blossom

Definitions

  1. blossom

Ancestry of “behar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishbahar—
2Classical Persianبهار—
3Middle Persianwhʾl—
4Old Persian𐎺𐎠𐏃𐎼—
5Proto-Iranian*wáhār—
6Proto-Indo-Iranianwásr̥spring
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwósr̥spring
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