Where does “ዘበን” come from?

ዘበን (Tigre) comes from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀, from Old Persian *jamānā, from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH — time, occasion.

ዘበን (Tigre): time

Definitions

  1. time

Ancestry of “ዘበን”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaic𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀time
2Old Persian*jamānātime
3Proto-Iranian*ǰámaHnaHtime, occasion
Every word from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH →Every word from Old Persian *jamānā →Every word from Aramaic 𐡆𐡌𐡍𐡀 →