English

Khorramshahr

Khorramshahr comes from Persian خرمشهر.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of خرم ‘happy, green’ + شهر ‘city’

Proto-Indo-European *tek- ‘to take by the hand’

Proto-Indo-European *tk-e-tróm

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám ‘kingdom, dominion, empire’

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 ‘land, country’

Persian شهر ‘city’

Every English word from Persian خرمشهر

name A port city in Khuzestan Province, located in southwestern Iran.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.