Where does “zaman” come from?
zaman (Indonesian) comes from Malay zaman, from Persian زمان, from Old Persian *jamānā, from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH — time, occasion.
zaman (Indonesian): age; era
Ancestry of “zaman”, step by step
zaman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay zaman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | zaman | age |
| 2 | Persian | زمان | time; season; epoch |
| 3 | Old Persian | *jamānā | time |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | *ǰámaHnaH | time, occasion |
via Indonesian keemasan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | keemasan | golden |
| 2 | Indonesian | emas | gold |
| 3 | Malay | emas | gold |
| 4 | Sanskrit | माष | any Old World bean; urad |
Words derived from “zaman”