Where does “زمانی” come from?
زمانی (Persian) comes from Persian ی, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.
زمانی (Persian): temporal
Ancestry of “زمانی”, step by step
زمانی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian ی
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | ی | the grammatical particle ezafe; see... |
| 2 | Arabic | ي | bound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,... |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | ʿayn- | eye |
| 4 | Hebrew | עַיִן | eye |
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 “زمانی”