Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/maH

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁.

Particle

*maH

do not; prohibitive particle

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *máH
- Sanskrit: मा (mā́)
  - Dardic: *mā́
    - Kalasha: mo
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀢 (maṃta)
  - Pali: mā
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀢 (maṃta)
    - Hindustani:
      Hindi: मत (mat)
      Urdu: مت‎ (mat)
    - Punjabi: ਮਤ (mat)
Iranian: *máH
- Avestan: 𐬁𐬨‎ (mā)
- Kurdish:
  - Central Kurdish: مە‎ (ma-)
- Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠 (mā)
  - Middle Persian: AL (ma), 𐬨𐬀‎ (ma); Manichaean: mʾ (ma)
    - Persian: مـ‎ (ma-)
- Ossetian: ма (ma)
Nuristani:
- Waigali: [script needed] (ma), [script needed] (mi)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mahyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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