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
- description (act of describing)
Ancestry of “tasvir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | تصویر | depiction, picture, design |
| 2 | Arabic | تَصْوِير | depiction, photography |
| 3 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 4 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 5 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |
Words derived from “tasvir”