Etymology tree
Proto-Iranian *wi-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-
Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwas-
Proto-Iranian *Hwah-
Proto-Iranian *wi-Hwah-
Middle Persian gyʾg (gyāg)
Classical Persian جَا (jā)
Classical Persian جَای (jāy)
Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti
Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti
Old Persian 𐎭𐎭𐎠𐎬𐎢𐎺 (d-d-a-tu-u-v /dadātuv/)
Classical Persian دَادَن (dādan)
Classical Persian جَای دَاد (jāy dād)bor.
Urdu جائداد
Borrowed from Classical Persian جَای دَاد (jāy dād, “place (that was) made”), from جَای (jāy) + دَادَن (dādan). Cognate with Punjabi جَداد (jadād).