Where does “ధర్మచారిణి” come from?
ధర్మచారిణి (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit धर्म, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰármas, from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- — to support; to hold.
ధర్మచారిణి (Telugu): A virtuous, chaste wife
Ancestry of “ధర్మచారిణి”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | धर्म | morality, virtue, moral code, good deed, good... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰármas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |