Where does “زمان” come from?
زمان (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish زمان, from Persian زمان, from Old Persian *jamānā, from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH.
Ancestry of “زمان”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Anatolian Turkish | زمان | — |
| 2 | Persian | زمان | time; season; epoch |
| 3 | Old Persian | *jamānā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | *ǰámaHnaH | — |
Words derived from “زمان”