Where does “بانووار” come from?
بانووار (Persian) comes from Persian ـوار, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
بانووار (Persian): ladylike; womanly
Ancestry of “بانووار”, step by step
بانووار traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian ـوار
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | ـوار | used to create adjectives denoting a specific quality or characteristic |
| 2 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |
via Persian بانو
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | بانو | lady |
| 2 | Middle Persian | bʾnwk' | — |