Where does “نابینایی” come from?

نابینایی (Persian) comes from Persian نابینا, from Persian بینا, from Persian بین, from Middle Persian wēn-, from Indo-European *weyd-.

نابینایی (Persian): blindness

Definitions

  1. blindness

Ancestry of “نابینایی”, step by step

نابینایی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian نابینا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنابیناblind
2Persianبیناsighted, capable of seeing
3Persianبینseparation; API •; between
4Middle Persianwēn-—
5Indo-European*weyd-—

via Persian ـیی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـییform of the suffix
Every word from Indo-European *weyd- →Every word from Middle Persian wēn- →Every word from Persian بین →