Where does “zaman” come from?

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

zaman (Waigali): time

Definitions

  1. time

Ancestry of “zaman”, step by step

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