Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/dmáHnaH

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 *dmáHnas.

Noun

*dmáHnaH f

building, dwelling, house

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Old Avestan: 𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀‎ f (dəmāna)
  - Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀‎ (nmāna)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Bactrian: μανο (mano)
- Ossetian: мон (mon), мойн (mojn, “husband”) (<*(d)maHnya-)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: مېنه‎ (ména), منه‎ f (miná)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: ماڵ‎ (māł)
  Northern Kurdish: mal (māl)
  Southern Kurdish: ماڵ‎ (māł)
  Laki: ماڵ‎ (māł)
- Parthian:
  Manichaean: 𐫖𐫀𐫗‎ (mʾn /mān/)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*māna)
  - Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾn' /mān/)
    Inscriptional Pahlavi: [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (mʾn /mān/)
    - Classical Persian: مان‎ (mān)

References

Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 202
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project)‎, Leiden University