Where does “عَیْنَک” come from?
عَیْنَک (Classical Persian) comes from Persian عین, from Arabic عَيْن, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.
Ancestry of “عَیْنَک”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | عین | eye; spring |
| 2 | Arabic | عَيْن | spy; eye; spring, eye |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | ʿayn- | eye |
| 4 | Hebrew | עַיִן | eye |