From Old Persian *vahanam (“house”), from Proto-Iranian *wāhana (“habitation”), from Proto-Iranian *Hwah-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwas-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-. Equivalent to *h₂wes- + *-enom. Compare Sanskrit वसन (vasana, “dwelling, abiding”), Compare also Northern Luri هۏش (höş, “house, home”).
Related to d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”) (from Old Persian *dipi-vahanam), (gyʾg /gyāg/, “place”) (whence Persian جا (jâ)).
Cognate with Sogdian (x’n” /xānā/, “house”), (x’n’kh /xānāk/, “house”), Parthian *vān, Khunsari ونه (vane, “dwelling”), Northern Luri هۏنںه (höna, “house”), Bakhtiari هۊنه (hune, “house”) Northern Kurdish xanî (house), Gilaki خنه (xanē, “home”), خومو (xumu, “nest”), خومه (xumē, “place-name suffix”), Mazanderani خنه (xëne, “room”).
Logogram from Aramaic 𐡁𐡉𐡕𐡀 (baytā).
𐭡𐭩𐭲𐭠 • (BYTA /xānag/)