Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/dmaHnapaθniH

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 *dmáHnaH (“house”) +‎ *páθniH (“wife”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátniH.

Noun

*dmaHnapaθniH f^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

mistress of the house

Alternative reconstructions

*dmaHnyapaθniH^[5]
*baHnupaθniH^[6]

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬄𐬥𐬋⸱𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍 (dəmąnō.paθnī), 𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬋⸱𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍 (nmānō.paθnī, “mistress of the house”)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Sogdian: (“lady, queen”)
  Manichaean script: 𐫔𐫂𐫀𐫖𐫁𐫀𐫗 (δβʾmbʾn), 𐫔𐫂𐫀𐫗𐫛𐫗 (δβʾnpn), 𐫔𐫂𐫀𐫖𐫁𐫗 (δβʾmbn /⁠δβāmban⁠/)
  
  Sogdian: 𐼹𐼱𐼰𐼺𐼾𐼻 (δβʾmpn), 𐼹𐼱𐼰𐼺𐼾𐼻𐼴 (δβʾmpnw), 𐼹𐼱𐼰𐼻𐼾𐼻 (δβʾnpn), 𐼹𐼱𐼻𐼾𐼻 (δβnpn), 𐼰𐼹𐼱𐼰𐼺𐼾𐼻𐼴𐼳 (ʾδβʾmpnwh)
  
  Syriac script: ܒܐܡܢ (bʾmn), ܕܒܐܡܢ (dbʾmn)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Pathan: *mēnmən (< earlier *mēnbən)^[5]
  - Pashto: مېرمنه (mermëna), مېرمن (mermën), (Waziri) وارمان (wǟrman), (Afridi) ورمان (wërman, “housewife, mistress, lady”)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Parthian: (/⁠bāmbišn⁠/, “queen”)
  Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫀𐫖𐫁𐫏𐫢𐫗 (bʾmbyšn)
  
  Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭌𐭋𐭊𐭕𐭄 (MLKTH)
  - → Old Armenian: բամբիշն (bambišn), բամբիշ (bambiš) — post-Classical (see there for further descendants)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *mānapašnī^[4]
  - Middle Persian: (“queen”)
    Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫀𐫖𐫁𐫏𐫢𐫗 (bʾmbyšn /⁠bāmbišn⁠/)
    
    Book Pahlavi script: (bʾmbšn' /⁠bāmbušn⁠/)
    
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭲𐭠 (MLKTA), 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭲𐭩 (MLKTE /⁠bānbišn⁠/)
    
    Pazend script: 𐬠𐬁𐬥𐬠𐬎𐬱𐬥 (bānbušn), 𐬨𐬮𐬐𐬙𐬵 (MLKTH)
    - → Middle Chinese: 防步率 (MC bjang|bjangH buH srwijH|srwit)
    - → Sogdian: (“queen, consort, spouse, wife”)
      Manichaean script: 𐫁𐫀𐫖𐫁𐫇𐫢𐫤 (bʾmbwšt /⁠bāmbušt⁠/)
      
      Sogdian script: 𐼾𐼰𐼺𐼾𐼴𐽁𐽂 (pʾmpwšt /⁠pāmbušt⁠/)

References

^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*⁴dam-, *dama-, *d(a)man- : dmāna-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 326: “*dmāna-pat/θnī̆-”
^ Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015) Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation)‎, Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 26: “*dmāna-paθnī-”
^ Sadovski, Velizar (2017–2018) “Chapter VI: Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft ; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Iranian, page 585: “*dmāna-paθnī-”
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 73: “OP *māna-pašnī- (< PIr. *dmāna-paθnī-”
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) “merm'ən(a)”, in Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 58: “*mēnmən < *mēnbən < *nmāniya-paθnī-”
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[1] Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*⁴dam-, *dama-, *d(a)man- : dmāna-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 326: “*dmāna-pat/θnī̆-”

[2] Cathcart, Chundra Aroor (2015) Iranian Dialectology and Dialectometry (PhD dissertation)‎, Berkeley: University of California at Berkeley, page 26: “*dmāna-paθnī-”

[3] Sadovski, Velizar (2017–2018) “Chapter VI: Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft ; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Iranian, page 585: “*dmāna-paθnī-”

[Rezai-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 73: “OP *māna-pašnī- (< PIr. *dmāna-paθnī-”

[NEVP-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) “merm'ən(a)”, in Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 58: “*mēnmən < *mēnbən < *nmāniya-paθnī-”

[6] {The template Template:R:pal:FiP:1988 does not use the parameter(s): 2=81
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