Persian هوشیار

← Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰar- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (mention)

← Proto-Iranian *dar- (derived)

← Northern Kurdish hiş (cognate)

← Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭱𐭣𐭠𐭫 (inherited)

← Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭱 (inherited)

→ Gujarati હોશિયાર (borrowed)

→ Hindi होशियार (borrowed)

→ Marathi हुशार (borrowed)

→ Urdu ہوشیار (borrowed)