Where does “کسان” come from?

کسان (Urdu) comes from Sanskrit कृषाण — ploughing.

کسان (Urdu): farmer, cultivator, peasant

Definitions

  1. farmer, cultivator, peasant

Ancestry of “کسان”, step by step

کسان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit कृषाण

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकृषाणploughing

via Classical Persian کس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianکس
Every word from Sanskrit कृषाण
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