Where does “سیاهچال” come from?
سیاهچال (Persian) comes from Persian سیاه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
سیاهچال (Persian): dungeon
Definitions
- dungeon
Ancestry of “سیاهچال”, step by step
سیاهچال traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian سیاه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | سیاه | black; dark-skinned |
| 2 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |
via Persian چال
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | چال | pit; hole; lair |