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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mazǰʰā́

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰ-ḗn ~ *m̥sgʰ-nés, from *mosgʰos +‎ *-ḗn.[1][2][3]

Noun

*mazǰʰā́ m[4][5]

  1. marrow, pith
  2. brain

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maźźʰā́
  • Proto-Iranian: *mazǰā́[5]
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (mäjsā), [script needed] (mijsā)
    • Northern Luri: مٱزغ‎ (mazq)
  • Proto-Nuristani: *maǰǰá
    • Northern Nuristani:
      • Kamkata-viri:
        Kamviri: múč
        Kativiri: múj
    • Southern Nuristani:
      • Ashkun: amōźã́
      • Waigali: muj

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (1988) The System of Nominal Accentuation in Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European‎, Brill, page 110
  2. Śāstrī, Sūrya Kānta (1953), “majj-án”, in A Grammatical Dictionary of Sanskrit (Vedic): With a complete index to Wackernagel's Altindische Grammatik and Macdonnell's Vedic grammar, volume I: Phonetics, Delhi: Moolchand Khairātī Rām Trust, page 199
  3. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, page majján- of 291-292
  4. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “majján-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  5. Sadovski, Velizar (2017–2018), “Chapter VI: Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S.; Joseph, Brian D.; Fritz, Matthias, editor, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Iranian, page 581
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