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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/widaHna-

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

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *widaHna-. Equivalent to *wi- +‎ *daH +‎ *-na.

Noun

*widaHna-

  1. tent

Descendants
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: گدان‎ (gedán)
    • Central Kurdish: بوان‎ (bwan)
    • Parthian: [Manichaean needed] (wdʾn /wiδān/)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (wydʾn' /wiyān/)
      Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (wyʾn /wiyān/)
      • Bakhtiari: [script needed] (bohõw)
      • Southern Luri: [script needed] (bəhūn)
      • Classical Persian: گیان‎ (goyān)
      • Judeo-Persian: بیان (biyān)

Further reading
  • Benveniste, Émile (1957–1958), “Mots d’emprunt iraniens en arménien”, in Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 53, pages 65–66
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