Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/mazgáh

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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/mazgáh

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 *mazǰʰás.

Noun

*mazgáh m[1]

1. marrow
2. brain

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬔𐬀‎ (mazga)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Scythian: [Term?]
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (mäjsä)
    • Ossetian: магъз (maǧz)
  • Sogdian: [script needed] (mγzy), [script needed] (maγzw)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: مێشک‎ (mēšk)

    Northern Kurdish: mejû (mažū), mêjî (mēžī), мәжӧ (meju)

    Southern Kurdish: مەژگ‎ (mažg), مەزگ‎ (mazg)

    Laki: مەزگ‎ (mazg)

  • Zaza-Gurani:
    • Gurani:

      Hawrami: مەژگ‎ (mažg)

    • Zazaki: mezg (mazg)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian:

    Manichaean: 𐫖𐫃𐫋‎ (mgj /magž/)

    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mzg /mazg/)

    • Classical Persian: [Term?]
      • Persian: مغز‎ (mağz)
      • → Assamese: মগজু (mogozu)
      • → Hindi: मग़ज़ (maġaz)
      • → Gujarati: મગજ (magaj)

References

1. Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 633