Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/nagnás

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 *nogʷ-nó-s, from *negʷ- (“naked”) +‎ *-nós.

*nagnás^[1]

1. naked, nude

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *nagnás
  • Sanskrit: नग्न (nagná) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *bagnáh^[2][3] or *magnáh^[1][4]
  • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬕𐬥𐬀 (maġna)
  • Khwarezmian: (bgnpʾd)
  • Ossetian:

    Digor: бӕгъӕнбад (bæǧænbad), бӕгъӕнбад (bæǧænbad), бӕгъӕнсар (bæǧænsar), бӕгъӕнзӕнгӕ (bæǧænzængæ)

    Iron: бӕгъӕ́ввад (bæǧǽvvad), бӕгъӕ́мсар (bæǧǽmsar), бӕгъӕ́мзӕнг (bæǧǽmzæng)

  • Waneci: ūn
  • → (possibly) Middle Armenian: Մանկասար (Mankasar)
  • → Iranian: *bagnákah
    • Khwarezmian: (βγnnʾk)
    • Khotanese: (būnaa-)
    • Middle Persian:

      Manichaean: 𐫁𐫡𐫍𐫗𐫃 (brhng /⁠brahnag⁠/), 𐫁𐫡𐫍𐫏𐫗𐫃 (brhyng /⁠brahenag?⁠/)

      Book Pahlavi: (blhnk'), (blhnk'), (blʾhnk' /⁠brahnag⁠/)

      • Persian: برهنه (barahna)
        • Tajik: бараҳна (barahna)
    • Ossetian: бӕгънӕ́г (bæǧnǽg)
    • Parthian: (brhng /⁠brahnag⁠/)
    • Sogdian: (/βaγnē/)

      Buddhist: (βγnʾk)

      Christian: (βγny), (bγny)