Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ǰánHh

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Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰánHs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s. Doublet of *gnáHh.

Noun

*ǰánHh f[1]

  1. woman
  2. wife

Descendants

  • Central Iranian:
  • Northeastern Iranian:
  • Southeastern Iranian:
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: جن (jan)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: ژن (jin)
      Northern Kurdish: jin
      Southern Kurdish: ژن (jin)
      Laki: ژن (jin), ژەن (jen)
    • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
      • Caspian:
      • Parthian: (/⁠žan⁠/)
        Manichaean script: 𐫋𐫗 (jn)
        • → Old Armenian: ջնիկան (ǰnikan, “the royal court of women”)[4]
      • Proto-Tatic:
        • Talysh: (/⁠žen⁠/)
          Arabic script: ژن
          Latin script: jen
        • Old Tati:
          Old Azari: زن (zan), ژن (žan)
      • Zaza-Gorani:
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠zan⁠/, “woman; wife”)
      Manichaean script: 𐫉𐫗 (zn)
      Book Pahlavi script: (NYŠE), (zn')
      Psalter Pahlavi script: (NYŠE)

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “jáni-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “jīśkā”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 110
  3. ^ Gharib, B. (1995) “ʾync”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 153b
  4. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “jīśkā”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 110
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