خویش

Persian

pronoun
Definitions
  • (reflexive pronoun) oneself
  • (emphatic) one's own

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian NPŠE inherited from Proto-Iranian *hwaypaθyah, *hwá inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swá (reflexive pronoun) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swé (self, oneself, separate, reflexive pronoun, apart, without, by oneself, away, aside).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*swé

Gloss

self, oneself, separate, reflexive pronoun, apart, without, by oneself, away, aside

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

自, 己

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