Reconstruction:Old Persian/xšaθram
Old Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Median *xšaθram, from Proto-Iranian *xšaθram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám.
Noun
*xšaθram
Descendants
- Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭲𐭫𐭩 (štly /šahr/)
- Classical Persian: شَهْر (šahr), شار (šâr)
- Dari: شَهْر (šahr)
- Iranian Persian: شَهْر (šahr)
- Tajik: шаҳр (šahr)
- → Azerbaijani: şəhər
- → Assamese: চহৰ (sohor)
- → Bengali: শহর (śohor)
- → Crimean Tatar: şeer
- → Dhivehi: ޝަހަރު (šaharu), ސަހަރު (saharu)
- → Gujarati: શહેર (śaher)
- → Gurani: شار (şar)
- → Hindustani:
- → Karachay-Balkar: шахар (şaxar)
- → Kazakh: шаһар (şahar)
- → Kumyk: шагьар (şahar)
- → Kyrgyz: шаар (şaar)
- → Marathi: शहर (śahar)
- → Nepali: सहर (sahar)
- → Ottoman Turkish: شهر (şehir) (see there for further descendants)
- → Odia: ସହର (sahara)
- → Punjabi:
- → Uyghur: شەھەر (sheher)
- → Uzbek: shahar
- Classical Persian: شَهْر (šahr), شار (šâr)