Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ajám

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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ajám

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *aȷ́ʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵHóm.

Pronoun

*ajám[1]

1. I

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬀𐬰𐬇𐬨‎ (azə̄m), 𐬀𐬰𐬆‎ (azə)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Scythian: *azú
    • Ossetian: ӕз (æz)
    • Saka: *azú
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (aysu)
      • Tumshuqese: [script needed] (asu), [script needed] (azu)
  • Sogdo-Bactrian:
    • Bactrian:

      Greek: αζο (azo /az/)

    • Khwarezmian: ناز‎ (n’z)
    • Sogdic: *ázu
      • Sogdian: (/əzú, zú/)

        Buddhist: [script needed] (ʾzw)

        Christian: [Syriac needed] (zw)

        Manichaean: 𐫀𐫉𐫇‎ (ʾzw)

        Sogdian: 𐼰𐼵𐼴‎ (ʾzw)

      • Yagnobi: аз (áz) (archaic)
• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Ormuri: [script needed] (az)
  • Sanglechi-Ishkashimi:
    • Ishkashimi: [script needed] (az), [script needed] (azi)
    • Sanglechi: [script needed] (azə), Sanglechi: [script needed] (azi)
    • Zebaki: az
  • Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: [Term?]
    • Munji-Yidgha:
      • Munji: [script needed] (za)
      • Yidgha: [script needed] (zo), [script needed] (zə)
    • Shughni-Yazghulami: [Term?]
      • Shughni-Roshani: [Term?]
        • Shughni:

          Bartangi, Khufi, Oroshori, Roshani: āz

          Khughni: uz, wuz

        • Sarikoli: waz
      • Vanji: ze
      • Yazghulami: [script needed] (az)
  • Pashto:

    Pashto: زه‎ (zə)

    Waziri: زه‎ (ze)

• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish: (/az/)

    Northern Kurdish: ez

  • Medo-Parthian: [Term?]
    • Parthian: (/az/)

      Manichaean: 𐫀𐫉‎ (ʾz)

      Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭀𐭍𐭄‎ (ANE)

    • Tatic: [Term?]
      • Talysh: (/az/)

        Latin: az

        Arabic: از‎

      • Old Tati:

        Old Azari: از‎ (az), آز‎ (āz)

    • Zaza-Gurani
      • Gurani: ئەز‎ (az) (in poems)
      • Zazaki: ez (az)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎭𐎶 (a-d-m /adam/)
    • Middle Persian: (/az, an/)

      Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ANE)

      Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭠𐭭𐭤‎ (ANE)

      Manichaean: 𐫀𐫗‎ (ʾn)

      Psalter Pahlavi: 𐮊𐮈‎ (LY)

References

1. Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 164