Etymology

Kashmir

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Today it means: A contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China. Full definition →

Urdu کشمیر ← Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra) ← Classical Persian کشمیر
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kes-?
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*kaćyápas
  3. Sanskritकश्यप (kaśyapa)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*mer-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*móri?
  7. Sanskritमीर (mīra)
  8. Sanskritकश्यपमीर (kaśyapamīra)clip.
  9. Sanskritकश्यप (kaśyapa)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*móri?
  12. Sanskritमेरु (meru)
  13. Sanskritकश्यपमेरु (kaśyapameru)clip.
  14. Sanskritकश्मीर (kaśmīra)
  15. Hindiकश्मीर (kaśmīr)
  16. Sanskritकश्मीर (kaśmīra)
  17. Classical Persianکشمیر
  18. Sanskritकश्मीर (kaśmīra)
  19. Urduکشمیر
  20. English todayKashmir

Borrowed from Hindustani कश्मीर / کشمیر (kaśmīr, “Kashmir”), from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra).

Words from the same roots

Sanskritकश्मीर all →

cashmere

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.