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 — time, occasion.

زمان (Ottoman Turkish): time

Definitions

  1. time

Ancestry of “زمان”, step by step

زمان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Anatolian Turkish زمان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishزمان—
2Persianزمانtime; season; epoch
3Old Persian*jamānātime
4Proto-Iranian*ǰámaHnaHtime, occasion

via Classical Persian زمان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianزمان—

Words derived from “زمان”

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