Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hajáh

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 *Haȷ́ás.

Noun

*Hajáh m

goat

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Hajáh	*Hajā́	*Hajā́
vocative	*Haja	*Hajā́	*Hajā́
accusative	*Hajám	*Hajā́	*Hajā́nh
instrumental	*Hajā́	*HajáybyaH	*Hajā́yš
ablative	*Hajā́t	*HajáybyaH	*Hajáybyah
dative	*Hajā́y	*HajáybyaH	*Hajáybyah
genitive	*Hajáhya	*Hajáyāh	*Hajā́nam
locative	*Hajáy	*Hajáyaw	*Hajáyšu

Derived terms

*Hajáhakah (“goat”)
- Middle Persian: (ʾck' /⁠azag⁠/)
*Hajáh-rakah (“goat”)
- Classical Persian: ازرک (azrik, “goat; small goat”) (the word of رک (rak, rek) in Classical Persian is meaning "array" and "rank" however another root is hypothized راک (râk) meaning "ram".) ^[1]
*naxwa-Hajáh(akah) (“first goat”)
- Middle Persian: (/⁠nuhāzag⁠/)
  Book Pahlavi script: (nwhʾck', “he-goat; mountain goat”)
  - Classical Persian: نهاز (nuhāz, “he-goat”), نخراز (noxrâz) (> *naxwrāz > *naxwrag-āz)
  - → Old Armenian: նոխազ (noxaz))
*naxwa-Hajáhīkah (“of first goat; goat”)
- Middle Persian: (/⁠n(u)hāzīg⁠/, “the Capricorn sign”)
  Book Pahlavi script: (n(w)hʾzyk')
  - Classical Persian: نهازی (nuhāzī, “of first goat; scouting”) ^[2]
- Zazaki: esk(i) (ask(i), “goat”)
*xšáyati-Hajáh (“king goat, great goat”)
- Southern Luri: شهاز (šahāz)

Descendants

Eastern Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬰𐬀 (aza)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Old Median: *azáh
  - → Middle Persian: (ʾc /⁠az⁠/)

References

^ , Dehkhoda Dictionary "ازرک" entry.
^ , Dehkhoda Dictionary "نهازی" entry.

[1] , Dehkhoda Dictionary "ازرک" entry.

[2] , Dehkhoda Dictionary "نهازی" entry.

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