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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/gáwbati

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

The origin is uncertain[1][2]. ESIJa proposes derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”) with a -b⁽ʰ⁾- enlargement. For this root see Pokorny, without the Iranian.[3]

Verb

*gáwbati[1][2][4][5]

  1. to say (positively/negatively)

Descendants
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (gguph-, “to dispraise, abuse”)
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Bactrian: γοβ- (gob-, “to make a (legal) statement, invoke (the law)”)
      • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (ɣwβ(y)-, “to praise oneself, boast, be proud”)
      • Sogdian: [script needed] (ɣwβ-), [script needed] (ɣwb-, “to praise, glorify”)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Caspian:
      • Shahmirzadi: [script needed] (-gøt-, gún-, “to speak”)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: گوتن‎ (gutin), کوتن‎ (kutin, “to speak”)
      Northern Kurdish: gotin, guhtin (“to speak”)
    • >? Parthian: 𐫃𐫇𐫘𐫀𐫗‎ (gwsʾn /gōsān/)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: [script needed] (g-u-b-t-i-y /gaubataiy/, “to call oneself”)
      • Middle Persian:
        Manichaean: 𐫃𐫇𐫏𐫅‎ (gwyd, 3sg.pres), 𐫃𐫇𐫛𐫤𐫗‎ (gwptn, inf.)
        Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (YMLLWN-tn'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (gwptn' /guftan/, inf.)

References
  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*gaub”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 113–114
  2. Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 232–234
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 403
  4. Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 86b
  5. Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 396
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