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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hyajnáh

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 *Hyaȷ́nás.

Noun

*Hyajnáh [1]

  1. worship, sacrifice

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀‎ (yasna, “worship, sacrifice”)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (gyaysna, “sacrifice”)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish: cejn (ǰažn), cêjn (ǰēžn, “feast, celebration, festival”)
    • Old Median: *yažnáh
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: *yašnaʰ
      • Middle Persian:
        Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (yšn' /jašn/, “feast, celebration, triumph, festive feast”)
        • Classical Persian: جشن‎ (jašn)

References
  1. Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*i̯aź-na-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 121
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