Where does “Jahan” come from?
Jahan comes from Persian جهان, from Middle Persian gyhʾn', from Proto-Iranian gay-θā-, originally meaning "place where one goes."
Ancestry of “Jahan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Persian | جهان | world; universe |
| 2 | Old Saxon | gehan | to confess; to explain |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *jehan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | yek- | to utter |