Where does “ښوونځی” come from?

ښوونځی (Pashto) comes from Pashto ځی, from Pashto ځای — place.

ښوونځی (Pashto): school

Definitions

  1. school

Ancestry of “ښوونځی”, step by step

ښوونځی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pashto ځی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pashtoځیsuffix to make nouns, indicating place of action
2Pashtoځایplace

via Pashto ښوول

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pashtoښوول—
Every word from Pashto ځای →Every word from Pashto ځی →