Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Aryan/Hagníṣ

This Proto-Indo-Aryan 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-Aryan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hagníš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís.

Noun

*Hagníṣ m

fire
(Vedic Religion) Agni

Descendants

Sanskrit: अग्नि (agní)
- Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑀺 (agi /aggi/)
  - Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀺 (aggi), 𑀅𑀕𑀡𑀺 (agaṇi), 𑀅𑀕𑀺𑀡𑀺 (agiṇi) (see there for further descendants)
- Dardic:
  - Kashmiri:
    - Arabic script: اۆگُن‎ (ogun)
    - Devanagari script: ऒगुन (ogun)
- Gandhari: 𐨀𐨒𐨁‎ (agi)
- Pali: aggi, aggini, gini
  - → Khmer: អគ្គិ (ʼakkiʼ) (learned)
  - → Lao: ອັກຄີ (ʼak khī) (learned)
  - → Thai: อัคคี (àk-kii) (learned)
- → Assamese: অগ্নি (ogni), আগুনি (aguni)
- → Bengali: অগ্নি (ogni), আগুন (agun)
- → Gujarati: અગ્નિ (agni)
- → Hindustani:
  - → Old Hindi: अग्नि (agni)
    - Hindi: अग्नि (agni)
  - → Urdu: اگنی‎ (agni)
- → Old Javanese: agni
  - Javanese: geni
  - → Balinese: ᬅᬕ᭄ᬦᬶ (agni)
- → Kannada: ಅಗ್ನಿ (agni)
- → Lao: ອັກຄະນີ (ʼak kha nī)
- → Old Marathi:
  Devanagari script: अग्न (agna), अग्नि (agni), अज्ञी (ajñī)
  Modi script: 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘡 (agna), 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘡𑘲 (agnī), 𑘀𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘲 (ajñī)
  - → Marathi: अग्नि (agni), अग्नी (agnī)
- → Oriya: ଅଗ୍ନି (ôgni)
- → Rajasthani: अगन, अगनी
- → Rohingya: ooin
- → Sylheti: ꠀꠉꠥꠁꠘ (aguin)
- → Tamil: அக்கினி (akkiṉi), அக்னி (akṉi)
- → Malayalam: അഗ്നി (agni)
- → Telugu: అగ్ని (agni)
- → Thai: อัคนี (àk-ká-nii)
→ Hurrian: (unattested but probable)
- → Hittite: 𒀀𒀝𒉌𒅖 (akniš)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “agní”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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