Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ǰyáH

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.

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéH.

*ǰyáH f^[1]

1. bowstring

• *ǰyáHakah ~ ǰyáHīkah (“related to string, of string”)
  • Khwarezmian: ازیک (ʾzyk /⁠*əzīk⁠/, “rope; bowstring”)
  • Baluchi: جیگ (jīg, “string”)
  • Northern Kurdish: jîk (/⁠žīk⁠/)
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠zīg⁠/, “of string; table; asrtonomical table, Zij”)

    Book Pahlavi script: (zyk')

    Manichaean script: 𐫉𐫏𐫏𐫃 (zyyg), 𐫉𐫙𐫏𐫃 (zʿyg)

    Pazend script: 𐬘𐬍𐬐 (jīk)

    • Classical Persian: زیگ (zīg, “Zij; table; intestine's strings”)
      • → Arabic: زيج (zīj), زيق (zīq)
        • → Persian: زیج (zij)

          Iranian Persian: زیچ (zīč, “intestine's strings”) (misspelling)

          • Iranian Persian: زیچک (zīčak, “intestine's sausage”), زیجک (zijak)
            • → Ottoman Turkish: صوجوق (sucuq)
              • Turkish: sucuk

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́yáH
  • Sanskrit: ज्या (jyā́) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *ǰyáH
  • Avestan: 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁 (jiiā)
  • Ossetian: (“sinew; vein, strings”)

    Digor Ossetian: гъеу (ǧew)

    Iron Ossetian: хъиу (qiw)

  • Khotanese: (jye)
  • Pashto: ژۍ (žəy)
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: ژێ (jê /⁠žē⁠/)

    Northern Kurdish: jih (/⁠žih⁠/), jî (/⁠žī⁠/)

  • Gurani: ژی (jî /⁠žī⁠/)
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠zīh⁠/)

    Book Pahlavi script: (zyh)

    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭦𐭩𐭧 (zyḥ)

    • Classical Persian: زه (zih, “bowstring”)

      Dari: زه (zih)

      Iranian Persian: زه (zeh)

      Tajik: зиҳ (zih)