< Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Háǰiš
Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háǰʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis.
Noun
*Háǰiš m
- snake
Derived terms
- *Háǰikah (“worm”) (+ *-kah (“deminunative”))
- Caspian:
- Gilaki: اجیکه (ajikə, “parasit, worm”)
- Mazanderani: اجیک (ajik, “worm; earthworm”)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: ejî (“bug; worm; snake; dragon”)
- Caspian:
Descendants
- Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži, “snake”)
- ⇒ Avestan: 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (aži.dahāka, “Azhi Dahaka, mythical serpent in Zoroastrianism”)
- → Parthian: 𐫀𐫋𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 (ʾjdhʾg /ažδahāg/)
- → Classical Persian: اژدها (aždahā)
- → Early Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾcydhʾk' /aǰ(i)dahāg/)
- Late Middle Persian:
- Manichaean: 𐫀𐫉𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 (ʾzdhʾg /azdahāg/), 𐫀𐫇𐫉𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 (ʾwzdhʾg /uzdahāg/)
- → Sogdian: [script needed] (zδɣh /zδaxā/)
- → Parthian: 𐫀𐫋𐫅𐫍𐫀𐫃 (ʾjdhʾg /ažδahāg/)
- ⇒ Avestan: 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (aži.dahāka, “Azhi Dahaka, mythical serpent in Zoroastrianism”)
- Avestan: 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži, “snake”)
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Munji-Yidgha:
- Munji: یز (yaz, “snake”)
- Yidgha: ایز (iz, “snake”)
- Proto-Munji-Yidgha:
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Early Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾc' /aǰ/, “snake; dragon”)
- Kurdish:
- → Central Kurdish: حەزیا (ḧezya), عەزیا ('ezya)
- → Northern Kurdish: êzya, ziha, zihar, zîha, ziya, zîya
- Early Middle Persian: