𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧

Middle Persian

Alternative forms
  • 𐫖𐫀𐫆 (mʾẖ) — Manichaean

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (māha), from Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”).

Logogram from Aramaic 𐡁 (b-) + 𐡉𐡓𐡇 (yraḥ, īraḥ).

Noun

𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 • (BYRḤ /māh/)[1] (Inscriptional Pahlavi, ideograph)

  1. moon
  2. month
  3. name of the 12th day in the Zoroastrian calendar

Descendants
  • Classical Persian: مَاه (māh)

References
  1. Gignoux, Philippe (1972) Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, page 21b
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