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Where does “hyýar” come from?

hyýar (Turkmen) comes from Persian خیار, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥.

hyýar (Turkmen): cucumber

Definitions

  1. cucumber

Ancestry of “hyýar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianخیارcucumber
2Middle Persian𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥—
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