Where does “ـگان” come from?

ـگان (Persian) comes from Middle Persian -kʾn'.

ـگان (Persian): a suffix used to form adjectives and nouns with the meaning of "pertaining to" or "relating to" but many have developed to more specific meanings

Definitions

  1. a suffix used to form adjectives and nouns with the meaning of "pertaining to" or "relating to" but many have developed to more specific meanings

Ancestry of “ـگان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persian-kʾn'

Words derived from “ـگان

Every word from Middle Persian -kʾn'
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