Where does “پناهندگی” come from?

پناهندگی (Persian) comes from Persian پناهنده, from Persian پناه, from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭠𐭧 — protector; refuge.

پناهندگی (Persian): asylum

Definitions

  1. asylum

Ancestry of “پناهندگی”, step by step

پناهندگی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian پناهنده

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپناهندهrefugee
2Persianپناهshelter; refuge; asylum
3Middle Persian𐭯𐭭𐭠𐭧protector; refuge

via Persian ـگی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـگیform of the suffix for words that end in the short vowel ه}}}}
2Old Anatolian Turkishـکو—
3Proto-Turkic*-güDerives nouns from verbs
Every word from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭠𐭧 →Every word from Persian پناه →Every word from Persian پناهنده →