Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/dmáHnaH

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 *dmáHnas.

Noun

*dmáHnaH f

building, dwelling, house

Inflection

aH-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dmáHnaH	*dmáHnay	*dmáHnāh
vocative	*dmáHnay	*dmáHnay	*dmáHnāh
accusative	*dmáHnām	*dmáHnay	*dmáHnāh
instrumental	*dmáHnaH, -ayaH	*dmáHnaHbʰyā(m)	*dmáHnaHbʰiš
ablative	*dmáHnayaHh	*dmáHnaHbʰyā(m)	*dmáHnaHbʰyah
dative	*dmáHnayaHi	*dmáHnaHbʰyā(m)	*dmáHnaHbʰyah
genitive	*dmáHnayaHh	*dmáHnayHāh	*dmáHnaHnaHam
locative	*dmáHnayaH	*dmáHnayHaw	*dmáHnaHhu

Derived terms

*dmáHnapatiš
- Avestan: 𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬋⸱𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nmānō.paⁱti)
- Old Persian: *mānapatiš
  - Middle Persian: (/⁠mânbid, mânbed⁠/, “master of the house, house-lord”)
    Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫁𐫏𐫅 (mʾnbyd)
    
    Book Pahlavi script: (mʾnpt')
    - Persian: مانبد (mânbod, a common name for boys among Zoroastrians)
*dmaHnapaθniH

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan:
  Old Avestan: 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀 (dəmāna)
  
  Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀 (nmāna)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Bactrian: μανο (mano)
- Ossetian: мон (mon)
  - ⇒ Iron Ossetian: мой (moj) (<*(d)maHnya-)
  - ⇒ Digor Ossetian: мойнӕ (mojnæ) (<*(d)maHnya-)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: مېنه (ména), منه f (miná)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: ماڵ (mall)
  
  Northern Kurdish: mal
  
  Southern Kurdish: ماڵ (mall)
  
  Laki: ماڵ (mall)
- Parthian:
  Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫀𐫗 (mʾn /⁠mān⁠/)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *mānā
  - Middle Persian: (/⁠mān⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫀𐫗 (mʾn)
    Book Pahlavi script: (mʾn')
    - Classical Persian: مان (mān)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*⁴dam-, *dama-, *d(a)man- : dmāna-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 324-326: “*dmāna-pati-”
^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 202

[ESIJa-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–) “*⁴dam-, *dama-, *d(a)man- : dmāna-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 324-326: “*dmāna-pati-”

[2] Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 202