Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ámbʰas

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ámbʰas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos.

Noun

*ȷ́ámbʰas m[1]

1. (anatomy) tooth
2. jawbone?

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȷ́ámbʰas	*ȷ́ámbʰā	*ȷ́ámbʰā, -ās(as)
vocative	*ȷ́ámbʰa	*ȷ́ámbʰā	*ȷ́ámbʰā, -ās(as)
accusative	*ȷ́ámbʰam	*ȷ́ámbʰā	*ȷ́ámbʰāns
instrumental	*ȷ́ámbʰā	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ȷ́ámbʰāyš
ablative	*ȷ́ámbʰāt	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyas
dative	*ȷ́ámbʰāy	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*ȷ́ámbʰaybʰyas
genitive	*ȷ́ámbʰasya	*ȷ́ámbʰayās	*ȷ́ámbʰāna(H)m
locative	*ȷ́ámbʰay	*ȷ́ámbʰayaw	*ȷ́ámbʰayšu

Descendants

• Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́ámbʰas
  • Sanskrit: जम्भ (jámbha)
    • Romani: čham (“cheek”) (Europe)
      • Angloromani: cham (“cheek”)
    • → Hindi: जंभ (jambh)
• Iranian: *ĵámbah
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (ysīma)
  • Ormuri: [script needed] (zāmbə), [script needed] (zām, “jaw”)
  • Pashto: ژامه‎ (žā́ma)
• Nuristani: *ĵambi
  • Waigali: [script needed] (zumpi, “molar”)

References

1. Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*zamb¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN