Where does “pan” come from?

pan (Cypriot Arabic) comes from Arabic بان, from Ottoman Turkish بان, from Ottoman Turkish باڭ, from Persian بنگ, from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭭𐭢 — henbane.

pan (Cypriot Arabic): to seem

Definitions

  1. to seem

Ancestry of “pan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicبانto separate, to become distinct, to sunder; to be...
2Ottoman Turkishبانban; keeper, tender, ward; ben tree, horseradish...
3Ottoman Turkishباڭ—
4Persianبنگhashish, narcotic made from "Cannabis sativa";...
5Middle Persian𐭡𐭭𐭢henbane
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