< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/támHas
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *témH-os ~ *témH-es-os.
Noun
*támHas n[1]
- darkness
Derived terms
- *támHaswant (“dark”)
- Indo-Aryan: *támHaswant
- Sanskrit: तमस्वन्त् (támasvant)
- Iranian: *támHahwant
- Avestan: 𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬤𐬵𐬀𐬧𐬙 (təmaŋᵛhaṇt, “dark; blinded”)
- Indo-Aryan: *támHaswant
- *tamHasás (“dark”)
- Indo-Aryan: *tamHasás
- Sanskrit: तमस (tamasá)
- Indo-Aryan: *tamHaháh
- Avestan: 𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (təmaŋha)
- Indo-Aryan: *tamHasás
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *támHas
- Sanskrit: तमस् (támas)
- Iranian: *támHah
- Avestan: 𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬵 (təmah)
- Central Kurdish: تەم (tem, “darkness, fog”)
- Middle Persian: darkness (t(w)m /tom/)
- Persian: تم (tam, “darkness, blackness, cataract”)
References
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) , “támas-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University