English
Kashmir
Kashmir comes from Urdu کشمیر, and goes back to Sanskrit कश्मीर.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकश्मीरkaśmīra
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentکشمیرkašmīr
- Urdumodernsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 2019Kashmir
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकश्मीरkaśmīra
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentکشمیرkašmīr
- Urdumodernsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 2019Kashmir
Earliest quotation: 2019, Leela Jacinto, Modi’s shock Kashmir move threatens India’s standing on worl: “The picturesque Himalayan region of Kashmir is dangerously contested…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
remember, murder, nightmare, maritime, mortality, mortal, submarine, mortar, mara, muller, morbid, mort, morn, mariner, ambrosia, moribund, marinara, marshy, cormorant, 59 more
through Proto-Indo-European *móri ‘sea’
march, marine, mere, marsh, mare, moor, marinate, maar, 17 more
Today it means
name 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.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit कश्मीर / Kashmir