Where does “zümrüt” come from?
zümrüt (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish زمرد, from Persian زمرد, from Persian ازمرد, from Pahlavi ʾwzmbwlt, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος, from Proto-Semitic bariq- — lightning.
zümrüt (Turkish): emerald
Ancestry of “zümrüt”, step by step