Where does “tasvir” come from?

tasvir (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish تصویر, from Arabic تَصْوِير, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

tasvir (Turkish): description (act of describing)

Definitions

  1. description (act of describing)

Ancestry of “tasvir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتصویرdepiction, picture, design
2Arabicتَصْوِيرdepiction, photography
3Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
4PersianیاAPI •; or; either
5Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “tasvir

Every word from Arabic يَاEvery word from Persian یاEvery word from Arabic و
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