Where does “ریشم” come from?

ریشم (Urdu) comes from Persian ابریشم, from Middle Persian ʾp̄lyšwm — silk.

ریشم (Urdu): silk

Definitions

  1. silk

Ancestry of “ریشم”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianابریشمsilk
2Middle Persianʾp̄lyšwmsilk

Words derived from “ریشم”

Every word from Middle Persian ʾp̄lyšwm →Every word from Persian ابریشم →