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

  1. age; era; period

Ancestry of “زمانہ”, step by step

زمانہ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian زمانه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزمانهage, epoch; fortune; world
2PersianـهForms the past participle from the past stem
3Proto-Iranian-akahCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
4Proto-Iranian-kah
5Proto-Austronesiankaif

via Classical Persian زَمَانَه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianزَمَانَه

Words derived from “زمانہ

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaEvery word from Proto-Iranian -akahEvery word from Persian ـه
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