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      Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mazdʰáH
Proto-Indo-Iranian
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Indo-European *mn̥sdʰh₁-éh₂, from *mensdʰh₁- (“to pay attention, wisdom”), possibly from *men- (“to think”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do, place”) + -éh₂ (deverbal noun suffix).
Declension
    
| aH-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *mazdʰáH | *mazdʰáy | *mazdʰā́s | 
| vocative | *mazdʰay | *mazdʰáy | *mazdʰā́s | 
| accusative | *mazdʰā́m | *mazdʰáy | *mazdʰā́s | 
| instrumental | *mazdʰáyaH́ | *mazdʰáHbʰyā(m) | *mazdʰáHbʰiš | 
| ablative | *mazdʰáyaHs | *mazdʰáHbʰyā(m) | *mazdʰáHbʰyas | 
| dative | *mazdʰáyaHy | *mazdʰáHbʰyā(m) | *mazdʰáHbʰyas | 
| genitive | *mazdʰáyaHs | *mazdʰāyās | *mazdʰáHnām | 
| locative | *mazdʰáyaH(m) | *mazdʰāyaw | *mazdʰáHsu | 
Descendants
    
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mazdʰáH
- Sanskrit: मेधा (medhā́)
 
- Proto-Iranian: *mazdáH
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (mazdā)
- ⇒ Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (ahura mazdā)- → Old Persian: 𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠 (a-u-r-m-z-d-a /Auramazdā/)
- → Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣 (Ohrmazd /ʾwhrmzd/)- Persian: اورمَزد (ormazd)
 
- → Persian: اهورامزدا (ahurâ-mazdâ)
- → Parthian: ʾḥwrmzd (Ahurmazd)
- → Khotanese: [script needed] (urmaysde)
- → Ancient Greek: Ὠρομάσδης (Ōromásdēs), Ὡρομάζης (Hōromázēs), Ἀραμάσδης (Aramásdēs)
- → Old Armenian: Արամազդ (Aramazd), Որմիզդ (Ormizd)
- → English: Ahura Mazda
- → Japanese: アフラ・マズダー (Afura Mazudā)
 
 
- ⇒ Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (ahura mazdā)
 
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (mazdā)
References
    
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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