Where does “زمانہ” come from?
زمانہ (Urdu) comes from Persian زمانه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
زمانہ (Urdu): age; era; period
Definitions
- age; era; period
Ancestry of “زمانہ”, step by step
زمانہ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian زمانه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | زمانه | age, epoch; fortune; world |
| 2 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |
via Classical Persian زَمَانَه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | زَمَانَه | — |