Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hušā́h

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 *Hušā́s.

Noun

*Hušā́h n

dawn, morning light

Derived terms

*ā-Hušā́h
- Sanglechi: [script needed] (āḷuzd, “tomorrow”)
- Wakhi: yišīɣ (“early morning”)
- ⇒ Iranian: *upa-āHuš-n-iH
  - Baluchi: [script needed] (pōšī), [script needed] (pōnšī, “day after tomorrow”)
*Huša-taras
- Younger Avestan: 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀‎ (ušatara, “eastern”)

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Old Avestan: 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬵‎ (ušah), 𐬎𐬱𐬃‎ (ušā̊, “morning light, dawn”, nom.sg.)
  - Younger Avestan: 𐬎𐬱𐬄𐬨‎ (ušąm), 𐬎𐬱𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬆𐬨‎ (ušåŋhəm, acc.sg.)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Sogdian: [script needed] ('wš)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Parthian: 𐫀𐫇𐫢𐫏𐫁𐫀𐫖‎ (ʾwšybʾm /ōšebām/)[1]
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*ušām)
  - Middle Persian:
    Manichaean: 𐫀𐫇𐫢𐫏𐫁𐫀𐫖‎ (ʾwšybʾm /ōšebām/)[1]
    Pahlavi: [script needed] (ʾwš /ōš/)[2], [script needed] (ʾwšbʾm /ōšbām/)[3]
    - Persian: هوشبام‎ (hūšbām, “the Yazata of dawn in Zoroastrianism”)

References

Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “ʾwšybʾm”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 71
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62

[ʾwšybʾm-1] Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “ʾwšybʾm”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 71

[2] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62

[3] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62