Etymology Explorer › Persian

Where does “ذمه دار” come from?

ذمه دار (Persian) comes from Persian ـدار, from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹, from Proto-Iranian dāráyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰāráyati, from Proto-Indo-European dʰor-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “ذمه دار”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـدار—
2Old Persian𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹to hold, have
3Proto-Iraniandāráyatito bear, hold
4Proto-Indo-Iraniandʰāráyatito bear, hold
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰor-éye-ti—
6Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “ذمه دار”

  • ज़िम्मेदार
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →