Where does “ظرفیت” come from?

ظرفیت (Persian) comes from Persian ظرف, from Arabic ظَرْف — dish, container; container.

ظرفیت (Persian): capacity

Definitions

  1. capacity

Ancestry of “ظرفیت”, step by step

ظرفیت traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ظرف

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianظرفdish; container; vessel
2Arabicظَرْفdish, container; container

via Persian ـیت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـیتa condition or state of being the thing or being in the role denoted by the noun it is suffixed to; -ness
2Arabicـِيَّةrelational suffix
Every word from Arabic ظَرْف →Every word from Persian ظرف →