Where does “jaman” come from?

jaman (Tausug) comes from Malay zaman, from Persian زمان, from Old Persian *jamānā, from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH — time, occasion.

jaman (Tausug): period; era, epoch, age

Definitions

  1. period; era, epoch, age

Ancestry of “jaman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayzamanage
2Persianزمانtime; season; epoch
3Old Persian*jamānātime
4Proto-Iranian*ǰámaHnaHtime, occasion
Every word from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH →Every word from Old Persian *jamānā →Every word from Persian زمان →