Etymology

Chorasmia

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Today it means: A large oasis geographical region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia; currently split politically between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Full definition →

Latin Chorasmia ← Ancient Greek Χορασμία (Khorasmía) ← Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š)
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  1. Old Persian*𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼- (*u-v-a-r-)
  2. Old Persian*𐏀𐎷𐎡- (*z-mi-i-)
  3. Old Persian𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐎹 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-y)
  4. Old Persian𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š)
  5. Ancient GreekΧορασμία (Khorasmía)
  6. LatinChorasmia
  7. English todayChorasmia

From Latin Chorasmia, from Ancient Greek Χορασμία (Khorasmía), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎺𐎠𐎼𐏀𐎷𐎡𐏁 (u-v-a-r-z-mi-i-š /⁠ʰuvārazmī-⁠/).

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