Where does “ـه” come from?

ـه (Persian) comes from Classical Persian ـی, from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧.

ـه (Persian): Forms the past participle from the past stem

Definitions

  1. Forms the past participle from the past stem

Ancestry of “ـه”, step by step

ـه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Classical Persian ـی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianـی—
2Middle Persian𐭩𐭧—

via Arabic ـَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـَةfeminine marker, also used to mark language names...

Words derived from “ـه”

Every word from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 →Every word from Classical Persian ـی →