Where does “زندانی” come from?

زندانی (Persian) comes from Persian ی, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.

زندانی (Persian): prisoner; imprisoned

Definitions

  1. prisoner; imprisoned

Ancestry of “زندانی”, step by step

زندانی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianیthe grammatical particle ezafe; see...
2Arabicيbound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,...
3Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
4Hebrewעַיִןeye

via Persian زندان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزندانjail, prison
2Middle Persianzyndʾn'prison
Every word from Hebrew עַיִן →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn- →Every word from Arabic ي →