The story
- Classical Persian · derived fromتُورَاندُخْت
- French · borrowed fromTourandocte
- English todayTourandocte
Borrowed from French Tourandocte, from Classical Persian تُورَاندُخْت (tūrān-duxt, female given name, literally “daugher of Turan”), from a medieval misreading of پُورَاندُخْت (pūrān-duxt), itself from پُورَان (pūrān, female given name) + دُخْت (duxt, “daughter”).
Words from the same roots
FrenchTourandocte all →
Turandot
Classical Persianتُورَاندُخْت all →
Turandot
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.