Reconstruction:Old Persian/bāgaʰ

This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *bāgáh.

Noun

*bāgaʰ[1]

garden, orchard

Derived terms

*gr̥dabāgaʰ
- → Elamite: 𒆳𒁕𒁀𒁉 (kur-da-ba-kaš)
*vīdabāgaʰ
- → Elamite: 𒈪𒁕𒁀𒁉 (mi-da-ba-kaš, “gardener”)
*yamabāgaʰ
- → Elamite: 𒅀𒈠𒁀𒁉 (ia-ma-ba-kaš, “gardener”)

Descendants

Middle Persian:
Manichaean: 𐫁𐫀𐫇‎ (bʾw /bāw/)
Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bāɣ)
- Persian: باغ‎ (bâğ) (see there for further descendants)
- → Classical Syriac: ܒܓܐ‎ (bāḡā, “garden”)
- → Classical Mandaic: ࡁࡀࡂࡀ‎ (baga, “garden”)
→ Aramaic:
Imperial Aramaic: 𐡁𐡂‎ (bg, “agricultural domain, fief”)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: באגא‎ (“outskirts of a town”)

References

Hinz, Walther (1975), “*bāga-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 53

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975), “*bāga-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 53