Where does “pyýada” come from?

pyýada (Turkmen) comes from Persian پیاده, from Middle Persian pdʾtk' — pawn in chess.

pyýada (Turkmen): pawn

Definitions

  1. pawn

Ancestry of “pyýada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپیادهon foot, pedestrian; pedestrian; pawn
2Middle Persianpdʾtk'pawn in chess
Every word from Middle Persian pdʾtk' →Every word from Persian پیاده →