Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hnawatí

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

**Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers**
< 80	90	100 >
Cardinal : *Hnawatí

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁newn̥tí[1], from *h₁néwn̥ and *tí.

Numeral

*Hnawatí[1]

ninety

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hnawatí
- Sanskrit: नवति (navatí)
  - Pali: navuti
  - Bengali: নব্বই (nobboi)
  - Hindi: नव्वे (navve)
  - Urdu: نوے (navve)
Proto-Iranian: *Hnawatí
- Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nauuaⁱti)
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (nawad)
  - Persian: نَوَد (navad)
- Tajik: навад (navad)

References

Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “navatí”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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[IAIL-1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “navatí”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University