Where does “پناهندگی” come from?
پناهندگی (Persian) comes from Persian پناهنده, from Persian پناه, from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭠𐭧 — protector; refuge.
پناهندگی (Persian): asylum
Ancestry of “پناهندگی”, step by step
پناهندگی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian پناهنده
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | پناهنده | refugee |
| 2 | Persian | پناه | shelter; refuge; asylum |
| 3 | Middle Persian | 𐭯𐭭𐭠𐭧 | protector; refuge |
via Persian ـگی
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | ـگی | form of the suffix for words that end in the short vowel ه}}}} |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ـکو | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-gü | Derives nouns from verbs |