Where does “zaman” come from?

zaman (Malay) comes from Persian زمان, from Old Persian *jamānā, from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH — time, occasion.

zaman (Malay): age

Definitions

  1. age

Ancestry of “zaman”, step by step

zaman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian زمان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزمانtime; season; epoch
2Old Persian*jamānātime
3Proto-Iranian*ǰámaHnaHtime, occasion

via Arabic زَمَان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicزَمَان—

Words derived from “zaman”

Every word from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH →Every word from Old Persian *jamānā →Every word from Persian زمان →