Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HhuHā́pah

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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 *HsuHápas. Equivalent to *Hhu- (good) +‎ *Hā́pah (work).

Adjective

*HhuHā́pah[1]

  1. good (in works), masterly, creativity

Descendants

  • Central Iranian:
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Bactrian: χοϐο (/⁠xūb⁠/)
      • Khwarezmian: (xwb /⁠xūb⁠/)
      • Sogdian: (/xūp/)
        Buddhist: (γwp)
        Christian: (xwp)
        Manichaean script: (xwp)
        Sogdian: (γwp)
    • Wakhi: (xub)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Larestani–Gulf:
      • Bashkardi: (xub)
      • Southwestern Fars: (xob) (colloquial)
    • Old Persian: (*ʰuvāpa)
      • Middle Persian:
        Book Pahlavi script: 𐭧𐭥𐭡 (hwp /⁠xūb⁠/)
        • Classical Persian: خوب (xūb) (see there for further descendants)
        • Lurish:
          Northern Luri: خۊ (xu)
          Bakhtiari: خۊ (xu)
          Southern Luri: خۊ (xu)

References

  1. ^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation), Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 208