Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/wábžah

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 *wábžʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰsos, from *webʰ-.

Noun

*wábžah m

wasp

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wábžah	*wábžā(w)	*wábžāh(ah)
vocative	*wábža	*wábžā(w)	*wábžāh(ah)
accusative	*wábžam	*wábžā(w)	*wábžānh
instrumental	*wábžaH	*wábžaybʰyā(m)	*wábžāyš
ablative	*wábžāt	*wábžaybʰyā(m)	*wábžaybʰyah
dative	*wábžāy	*wábžaybʰyā(m)	*wábžaybʰyah
genitive	*wábžahya	*wábžayāh	*wábžānaHam
locative	*wábžay	*wábžayaw	*wábžayšu

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Younger Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬡𐬲𐬀𐬐𐬀 (vaβžaka, “scorpion”) (< *wabžakah)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: گوبز (gwabz), گومز (gwamz)
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: مۆز (moz)
  
  Northern Kurdish: moz
  
  Southern Kurdish: مووز (mûz)
  - → Armenian: մոզ (moz)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian:
  - Caspian:
    - Mazanderani: بوز (būz), ماز (māz, “wasp, bee”)
  - Old Median: *vabžā́
    - Middle Median: *vabž
      - Kermanic:
        Manujani: (gōuz), (guazī(n)k)
        
        Rudani: (mōuk)
        
        Tari, Yarandi: وآژ (vāž, “red bee”)
      - Old Tati:
        Old Azari: میز (mēz)
        
        Harzani: موز (müz)
        
        Karingani: موز (müz)
        
        Shahrudi: موز (muz)
  - Zaza-Gorani:
    - Gurani: موْزی (mɔzī)
    - Zazaki: moza, moze
Southwestern Iranian:
- Larestani-Gulf:
  - Gulf:
    - Bashkardi: (gowz, göwz)
    - Southern Luri: (bawz)
  - Lari-Fars:
    - Larestani: (bâz, bōz)
    - Southwestern Fars: (bez)
- Middle Persian: (/⁠wabz⁠/, “wasp”)
  Book Pahlavi script: (wpc), (wpz)
  - Persian: بوز (bavz, “black wasp”)
  - Northern Luri: بوز (bauz)

References

^ Lipp, Reiner (2009) Die indogermanischen und einzelsprachlichen Palatale im Indoiranischen: Neurekonstruktion, Nuristan-Sprachen, Genese der indoarischen Retroflexe, Indoarisch von Mitanni (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3) (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Winter, page 166
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vespa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 670
^ Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 208
^ Asatrian, Garnik (2002) “Review of R. L. Tsabolov, Etymological Dictionary of Kurdish, vol. 1 (A-M), Moscow: “Academy of Sciences”, 2001, 686 pp.”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 6, number 1, page 269

[Lipp-1] Lipp, Reiner (2009) Die indogermanischen und einzelsprachlichen Palatale im Indoiranischen: Neurekonstruktion, Nuristan-Sprachen, Genese der indoarischen Retroflexe, Indoarisch von Mitanni (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 3) (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Winter, page 166

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vespa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 670

[3] Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 208

[4] Asatrian, Garnik (2002) “Review of R. L. Tsabolov, Etymological Dictionary of Kurdish, vol. 1 (A-M), Moscow: “Academy of Sciences”, 2001, 686 pp.”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 6, number 1, page 269