köken: Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾnwk'), [Manichaean needed] (bʾnwg /bānūg/), from Old Persian *bānūka-. Akin to Old Armenian բանուկան (banukan), an Iranian borrowing.
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian خانم (xānum, “madame, Mrs”), from Old Anatolian Turkish خانم (ḫānum), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kagan, thus related to хан (xan).
female equivalent of pan (“woman”) (specific female person, especially one unknown to the speaker) · female equivalent of pan (“Mrs; miss”) (title before a last name) · female equivalent of pan (“mistress, lady”) (person with power over something)
eş: kobieta
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš Proto-Iranian *gā́wšder. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Iranian *pāna-der. Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ Proto-Slavic *gъpanьji Old Polish pani Polish pani Inherited from Old Polish pani.
the honorific particle, usually appended to names (of any gender) and titles · an expression of assent; yes, true, very well · an expression of enquiry; yes?, who is it?
çekim: çoğul जियों
köken: Inherited from Old Hindi जी (jī), from Prakrit 𑀚𑀻𑀅 (jīa), from Sanskrit जीव (jī́va, “long live”), the imperative of जीवति (jī́vati, “is alive”). Cognate with Braj जू (jū), Assamese জীউ (ziu).
Mrs (title of a married woman) · madam, ma'am (form of address for a married woman, a ranking female individual, or a not young female stranger) · lady (a respectful word for a not young woman)
köken: Feminine of dominus. If Oscan διομανας (diomanas, gen. sg.) is cognate, one can reconstruct Proto-Italic *domVnā with an uncertain second vowel; see its entry for discussion.
a grandmother · an old woman; an old lady · a lady, old or young
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆 (“grandmother”). In Chinese and Japanese, the male counterpart would be 爺 /爷 (yé, “grandfather”), but Vietnamese ông derives from 翁 (“old man”) instead.
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *naːŋᴬ⁴ (“lady”), from Proto-Tai *naːŋᴬ (“lady”), from Old Chinese 娘 (OC *naŋ, “young woman”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶᩣ᩠ᨦ, Lao ນາງ (nāng), Lü ᦓᦱᧂ (naang), Tai Dam ꪙꪱꪉ, Shan ၼၢင်း (náang), Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥒᥰ (läang) or ᥢᥣᥒᥰ (näang), Aiton ꩫ︀င︀် (naṅ), Ahom 𑜃𑜂𑜫 (naṅ), Tày nàng. Cognate via Old Chinese: Old Khmer នាង (nāṅa, nāṅ°), nâ, nõ (“courtesy title for females”),…