< Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hyajatáh
 | 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 *Hyaȷ́atás.
Noun
*Hyajatáh
- worshiped, god
- yazata
Descendants
- Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (yazata, “worshiped, yazata, god”) (see there for further descendants)
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Ossetian: изӕд (izæd)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (gyaysta, “worshiped”)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: یهزدان (yazdān, “God”) (perhaps via Persian)
- Northern Kurdish: êzd (ēzd, “angle”), êzdan (ēzdān, “God”), yezdan (yazdān, “God”)
- Medo-Parthian: [Term?]
- Gurani: یهزدان (yazdān, “God”)
- Parthian: (/yazad/, “divinity, god”)
- Manichaean: 𐫏𐫉𐫅 (yzd)
- Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭉𐭀𐭆𐭕 (yʾzt)
- Kurdish: