ʾ-

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Middle Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Persian, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. Cognate with Sanskrit अ- (a-).

Pronunciation

Suffix

ʾ- • (a-)

  1. a privative prefix: un-, -less

Descendants

  • Persian: ناـ (nâ-)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “a-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 1
  1. ^ Dieter Weber, Phonologies of Asia and Africa: Including the Caucasus , 1997 edition, page 611.
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