Where does “زراوند” come from?
زراوند (Persian) comes from Persian آوند, from Persian آب, from Arabic آب, from Classical Syriac ܐܒ, from Aramaic אב, from Akkadian Abum, from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-, from Proto-Afroasiatic ʔab- — father.
زراوند (Persian): birthwort (Aristolochia gen. et spp.)
Definitions
- birthwort (Aristolochia gen. et spp.)
Ancestry of “زراوند”, step by step
زراوند traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian آوند
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | آوند | vessel |
| 2 | Persian | آب | water; liquid; juice |
| 3 | Arabic | آب | to return, to come back; to repent; to incur,... |
| 4 | Classical Syriac | ܐܒ | August |
| 5 | Aramaic | אב | absolute form of אַבָּא |
| 6 | Akkadian | Abum | Abu, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar (approximately July-August) |
| 7 | Proto-Semitic | ʔabw- | father |
| 8 | Proto-Afroasiatic | ʔab- | father |
via Persian زر
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | زر | gold; rotation; revolution |
| 2 | Middle Persian | zarr | gold |
| 3 | Parthian | zarn | gold |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | jr̥Hanyam | gold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam | gold |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰl̥h₃enyom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |