Where does “Hint hıyarı” come from?

Hint hıyarı (Turkish) comes from Turkish Hint, from Persian هند, from Middle Persian hnd, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 — India; people living beyond the Indus.

Ancestry of “Hint hıyarı”, step by step

Hint hıyarı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Hint

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishHintIndian, a person from India or of Indian descent
2Persianهندcustom
3Middle PersianhndIndia
4Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁India; people living beyond the Indus

via Turkish hıyar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishhıyarcucumber
2Ottoman Turkishخیار—
3Persianخیارcucumber
4Middle Persian𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥—
Every word from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 →Every word from Middle Persian hnd →Every word from Persian هند →