Where does “hıyar” come from?
hıyar (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish خیار, from Persian خیار, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥.
hıyar (Turkish): cucumber
Ancestry of “hıyar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | خیار | — |
| 2 | Persian | خیار | cucumber |
| 3 | Middle Persian | 𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥 | — |