Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dáćšinas

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dáćšinas

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *déḱs-i-no-s, from *deḱs- (“right side”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *deśinas.

Noun

*dáćšinas m[1]

1. right (side)
2. south

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dáćšinas	*dáćšinā	*dáćšinā, -ās(as)
vocative	*dáćšina	*dáćšinā	*dáćšinā, -ās(as)
accusative	*dáćšinam	*dáćšinā	*dáćšināns
instrumental	*dáćšinā	*dáćšinaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dáćšināyš
ablative	*dáćšināt	*dáćšinaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dáćšinaybʰyas
dative	*dáćšināy	*dáćšinaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*dáćšinaybʰyas
genitive	*dáćšinasya	*dáćšinayās	*dáćšināna(H)m
locative	*dáćšinay	*dáćšinayaw	*dáćšinayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dáṭṣinas
  • Sanskrit: दक्षिण (dákṣina, “right; south”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *dášinah
  • Eastern Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬱𐬌𐬥𐬀‎ (dašina, “right; south”)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Ossetian: дӕсни (dæsni, “skillful, dexterous”)
    • Sogdian: [Term?] (/δašn/, “right; south”)

      Sogdian: 𐼹𐽁𐼻‎ (δšn), 𐼹𐽁𐼻𐼷 𐼴𐼰𐽂‎ (δašne wāt, “southern wind”)

      Syriac: ܕܫܢܝ ܘܐܬ‎ (δašne wāt, “southern wind”)

      Manichaean: 𐫔𐫢𐫗𐫏 𐫇𐫀𐫤‎ (δašne wāt, “southern wind”)

  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Parthian: 𐫅𐫢𐫗‎ (dšn /dašn/, “right (side)”)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: *𐎭𐏁𐎴 (*dašina)
      • Middle Persian: [Term?] (/dašn/, “right hand, right side”)

        Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (dšn')

        Manichaean: 𐫅𐫢𐫗‎ (dšn)

        Psalter Pahlavi: 𐮃𐮐𐮌𐮈‎ (dšny)

        • Classical Persian: دشن‎ (dašn, “first income in first day of month or year”) , دشت‎ (dašt)[2]

          Iranian Persian: دشت‎ (dašt)

          Dari: دشت‎ (dašt)

          Tajik: дашт (dašt)

• Proto-Nuristani: *dáćina
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kativiri: dāćiu

  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: daćū̃

References

1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “dákṣina-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
2. , Dehkhoda Dictionary.