𐎠𐎡𐎺

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas.

Numeral

𐎠𐎡𐎺 (aiva)

  1. one

Article

𐎠𐎡𐎺 (aiva)

  1. a (indefinite article)

Usage notes

In Old Persian there are no articles, but 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (a-i-v) is occasionally used as one.

Descendants
  • Middle Persian:
    Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫏𐫇 (ʿyw /⁠ēw⁠/)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾy /⁠ē⁠/)
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭸 (HD)
  • Persian: یو (yaw, yô, yu), ـی (-ê)
  • Tajik: -е (-e)

References
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) “*¹aiu̯a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 135
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ēw”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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