Where does “بایاں” come from?

بایاں (Urdu) comes from Sanskrit वामक, from Sanskrit -क, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas.

بایاں (Urdu): left side

Definitions

  1. left side

Ancestry of “بایاں”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवामकleft
2Sanskrit-कdoer, maker
3Proto-Indo-Aryan*-kas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas →Every word from Sanskrit -क →Every word from Sanskrit वामक →