Where does “hoşgörü” come from?

hoşgörü (Turkish) comes from Turkish hoş, from Ottoman Turkish خوش, from Persian خوش, from Middle Persian xwš.

hoşgörü (Turkish): tolerance

Definitions

  1. tolerance

Ancestry of “hoşgörü”, step by step

hoşgörü traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish hoş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishhoşnice
2Ottoman Turkishخوش—
3Persianخوشhappy; pleasant
4Middle Persianxwš—

via Turkish görmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishgörmekto see, watch; to see, perceive, discern; to see,...
2Proto-Turkicköri-to protect
3Hungariankör-—
Every word from Middle Persian xwš →Every word from Persian خوش →Every word from Ottoman Turkish خوش →