Where does “ژاپۆن” come from?

ژاپۆن (Central Kurdish) comes from Persian ژاپن, from French japon, from Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

Ancestry of “ژاپۆن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianژاپن
2Frenchjaponjapanware; Japanese porcelain
3PortugueseJapãoJapanese
4MalayJepangJapanese
5Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
6Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun
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