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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/mā́Hah

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Noun

*mā́Hah m[1]

  1. moon
  2. month

Derived terms
  • *mā́Hhtáwbah (“moonlight”)
    • East Central Iranian:
      • Ormuri: [script needed] (mātau)
      • Yagnobi: маҳтоб (mahtob)
    • Southwest Iranian:
      • Kumzari: [script needed] (mētāw)
      • Persian: مهتاب (mahtâb)

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬨𐬃 (mā̊), 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵 (måŋh, “month, moon”), 𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵 (mā̊ŋh), 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀 (måŋha, “moon”)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Ossetian:
      Digor Ossetian: мӕйӕ (mæjæ)
      Iron Ossetian: мӕй (mæj)
    • Saka:
      • Khotanese: 𑀫𑀆𑀲𑀢𑀅 (maāsataa /⁠māstä⁠/)
      • Wakhi: mы̄y
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Bactrian:
        Greek: μαο (mao /⁠mā⁠/), μαυο (mauo /⁠māh⁠/)
      • Sogdic: [script needed] (*mą̄́h)[2]
        • Sogdian: (/⁠māx⁠/)
          Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫀𐫟 (mʾx)
          Sogdian script: 𐼺𐼰𐼲𐼳 (mʾɣh), 𐼺𐼰𐼲 (mʾɣ), 𐼺𐼰𐼶 (mʾx)
          Syriac script: ܡܐݎ (mʾx)
        • Yagnobi: маҳтоб (mahtob)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Parachi: mahȫk
    • Pashto: مياشت (myāšt)
    • Ishkashimi: [script needed] (mā)
    • Shugni-Yazghulami:
      • Shugni-Roshani
        • Sarikoli: most
        • Shughni: ме̂ст (mêst), (Khufi, Rushani) мест (mēst)
      • Yazghulami: маст (mast)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish:
      • Northern Kurdish: meh (“month”)
      • Central Kurdish: مانگ (mang, “month, moon”)
      • Southern Kurdish: مانگ (mang, “month, moon”)
      • Laki: مونگ (mung, “month, moon”)
    • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
      • Mazanderani: مونگ (mong)
      • Old Azari: مانک (mānak ~ mānk/g)
      • Parthian: 𐫖𐫀𐫆 (mʾẖ /⁠māh⁠/)
      • Zaza-Gurani:
        • Gurani: مانگه (mānga, “month, moon”)
        • Zazaki: menge (“month”)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h /⁠māha⁠/)
      • Middle Persian:
        Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫀𐫆 (mʾẖ)
        Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾh)
        Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (BYRH), 𐫖𐫀𐫆 (mʾẖ)
  • → Old Armenian: մահիկ (mahik)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 198
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