Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/nagnás

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 *nogʷ-ó-s, from *negʷ- (“naked”) +‎ *-ós.

Adjective

*nagnás[1]

naked, nude

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *nagnás
- Sanskrit: नग्न (nagná) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *bagnáh[2][3] or *magnáh[1][4]
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬕𐬥𐬀‎ (maġna)
- Khwarezmian: [script needed] (bgnpʾd)
- Ossetian:
  Digor: бӕгъӕнбад (bæǧænbad), бӕгъӕнбад (bæǧænbad), бӕгъӕнсар (bæǧænsar), бӕгъӕнзӕнгӕ (bæǧænzængæ)
  Iron: бӕгъӕ́ввад (bæǧǽvvad), бӕгъӕ́мсар (bæǧǽmsar), бӕгъӕ́мзӕнг (bæǧǽmzæng)
- → (possibly) Middle Armenian: Մանկասար (Mankasar)
- → Iranian: *bagnákah
  - Khwarezmian: [script needed] (βγnnʾk)
  - Khotanese: [script needed] (būnaa-)
  - Middle Persian:
    Manichaean: 𐫁𐫡𐫍𐫗𐫃‎ (brhng /brahnag/), 𐫁𐫡𐫍𐫏𐫗𐫃‎ (brhyng /brahenag?/)
    Book Pahlavi: [script needed] (blhnk'), [script needed] (blhnk'), [script needed] (blʾhnk' /brahnag/)
    - Persian: برهنه‎ (barahna)
      - Tajik: бараҳна (barahna)
  - Ossetian: бӕгънӕ́г (bæǧnǽg)
  - Parthian: [script needed] (brhng /brahnag/)
  - Sogdian: (/βaγnē/)
    Buddhist: [script needed] (βγnʾk)
    Christian: [script needed] (βγny), [script needed] (bγny)

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 6
Čong (Cheung), Dž. (2009), T. K. Salbijeva, transl., Očerki istoričeskovo razvitija osetinskovo vokalizma [Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism] (in Russian), Vladikavkaz: Izdatelʹsko-poligrafičeskoje predprijatije im. V. Gassijeva, →ISBN, pages 41, 114, 240
Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 297a
Абаев, В. И. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 247

[EWAia-1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 6

[2] Čong (Cheung), Dž. (2009), T. K. Salbijeva, transl., Očerki istoričeskovo razvitija osetinskovo vokalizma [Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism] (in Russian), Vladikavkaz: Izdatelʹsko-poligrafičeskoje predprijatije im. V. Gassijeva, →ISBN, pages 41, 114, 240

[3] Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 297a

[4] Абаев, В. И. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 247