Where does “زمانه” come from?
زمانه (Persian) comes from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
زمانه (Persian): age, epoch; fortune; world
Definitions
- age, epoch; fortune; world
Ancestry of “زمانه”, step by step
زمانه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian ـه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |
via Persian زمان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | زمان | time; season; epoch |
| 2 | Old Persian | *jamānā | time |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | *ǰámaHnaH | time, occasion |
Words derived from “زمانه”