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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/mā́Hah

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has.

Noun

*mā́Hah m [1]

  1. moon
  2. month

Derived terms
  • *mā́Hhtáwbah (“moonlight”)
    • East Central Iranian:
    • Southwest Iranian:
      • Kumzari: [script needed] (maytāwo)
      • Persian: مهتاب‎ (mahtâb)

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬨𐬃‎ (mā̊), 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵‎ (måŋh, “month, moon”), 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀‎ (måŋha, “moon”)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Ossetian:
      Digor: мæйæ (mæjæ)
      Iron: мæй (mæj)
    • Saka:
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (māstä)
      • Wakhi: mы̄y
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Bactrian:
        Greek: μαο (mao /mā/), μαυο (mauo /māh/)
      • Sogdic: [script needed] (*mą̄́h)[2]
        • Sogdian: (/māx/)
          Buddhist: [script needed] (mʾγ(h)), [script needed] (mʾx)
          Christian: [script needed] (mʾx)
          Manichaean: 𐫖𐫀𐫟‎ (mʾx)
          Sogdian: [script needed] (mʾγ(h)), [script needed] (mʾx)
        • Yagnobi: mahtṓb, mōhtṓb
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Pamir:
      • Ishkashimi: [script needed] (mā)
      • Shugni-Yazgulami:
        • Shugni-Roshani
          • Roshani: [script needed] (mēst)
          • Sarikoli: [script needed] (most)
          • Shughni: [script needed] (mêst /mɛ̄st/)
        • Yazgulyam: [script needed] (mast)
    • Parachi: mahȫk
    • Pashto: مياشت‎ (myāšt)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish:
      • Northern Kurdish: meh (“month”)
      • Central Kurdish: مانگ‎ (māng, “month, moon”)
      • Southern Kurdish: مانگ‎ (māng, “month, moon”)
      • Laki: مونگ‎ (mong, “month, moon”)
    • Parthian: 𐫖𐫀𐫆‎ (mʾẖ /māh/)
    • Zaza-Gurani:
      • Gurani: مانگه‎ (mānga, “month, moon”)
      • Zazaki: menge (manga, “month”)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (māha)
      • Middle Persian: (/māh/)
        Manichaean: 𐫖𐫀𐫆‎ (mʾẖ)
        Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾh)
        Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧‎ (BYRH)
        • Classical Persian: [Term?]
  • → 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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