Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hyajnáh

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 *Hyaȷ́nás.

Noun

*Hyajnáh[1]

worship, sacrifice

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀‎ (yasna, “worship, sacrifice”)
  - Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ysn' /yasn/)
  - ⇒ Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀‎ (mazdaiiasna) (see there for further descendants)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: [script needed] (gyaysna, “sacrifice”)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Kurdish: cejn (ǰažn), cêjn (ǰēžn, “feast, celebration, festival”)
- Old Median: *yažnáh
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *yašnaʰ
  - Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (yšn' /jašn/, “feast, celebration, triumph, festive feast”)
    - Classical Persian: جشن‎ (jašn)
      - Iranian Persian: جشن‎ (jäšn)
      - → Gujarati: જશન (jaśan)

References

Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*i̯aź-na-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 121

[1] Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*i̯aź-na-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 121