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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/aryamā́
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From *árya- + *-mā́ (deverbal suffix). Cognate with *áryas (“Aryan”).
Noun
*aryamā́ m
- fellow, companion
- member of one's tribe or clan
Proper noun
*Aryamā́ m
- name of a deity
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *aryamā́ (“companion, friend”)
- Sanskrit: अर्यमन् (aryamán, “companion, bosom-friend, name of an Aditya”) (nom. sg. अर्यमा (aryamā́))
- ⇒ Sanskrit: अर्यम्य (aryamyà, “friendly, amiable”)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀫 (ajjama)
- Gurjar Apabhramsa: [Term?]
- Old Gujarati: आजम
- Gujarati: આજમ (ājam)
- Old Gujarati: आजम
- Gurjar Apabhramsa: [Term?]
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀫 (ajjama)
- ⇒ Sanskrit: अर्यम्य (aryamyà, “friendly, amiable”)
- Sanskrit: अर्यमन् (aryamán, “companion, bosom-friend, name of an Aditya”) (nom. sg. अर्यमा (aryamā́))
- Iranian: *aryamā́
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬥 (airiiaman, “fellow tribesman; name of a divinity”), 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬇𐬨𐬁 (airiiə̄mā, nom.sg.)
- → Middle Persian: (/ērmān/, "friend; name of a god")[1]
- Manichaean: 𐫀𐫡𐫏𐫀𐫖𐫀𐫗 (ʾryʾmʾn)
- Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾylmʾn')
- Persian: ايرمان (īrmān)
- → Middle Persian: (/ērmān/, "friend; name of a god")[1]
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬥 (airiiaman, “fellow tribesman; name of a divinity”), 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬇𐬨𐬁 (airiiə̄mā, nom.sg.)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press