Where does “şad” come from?

şad (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish شاد, from Persian شاد, from Middle Persian š't', from Old Persian 𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎫, from Proto-Iranian šyaHtas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čyaHtas.

şad (Turkish): joyful, happy, pleased, glad

Definitions

  1. joyful, happy, pleased, glad

Ancestry of “şad”, step by step

şad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish شاد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishشادhappy, glad
2Persianشادglad, happy, cheerful
3Middle Persianš't'—
4Old Persian𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎫—
5Proto-IranianšyaHtashappy
6Proto-Indo-IraniančyaHtas—

via Ottoman Turkish صاد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصاد—
2Arabicصَاد—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian čyaHtas →Every word from Proto-Iranian šyaHtas →Every word from Old Persian 𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎫 →