Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/mr̥gáh

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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/mr̥gáh

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative reconstructions

• *mŕ̥gah[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás.

Noun

*mr̥gáh[2]

1. hen, bird

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mr̥gáh	*mr̥gā́	*mr̥gā́
vocative	*mr̥ga	*mr̥gā́	*mr̥gā́
accusative	*mr̥gám	*mr̥gā́	*mr̥gā́nh
instrumental	*mr̥gā́	*mr̥gáybyaH	*mr̥gā́yš
ablative	*mr̥gā́t	*mr̥gáybyaH	*mr̥gáybyah
dative	*mr̥gā́y	*mr̥gáybyaH	*mr̥gáybyah
genitive	*mr̥gáhya	*mr̥gáyāh	*mr̥gā́nam
locative	*mr̥gáy	*mr̥gáyaw	*mr̥gáyšu

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀‎ (mər^əγa)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Proto-Scythian:
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (murä)
    • Ossetian: маргъ (marǧ, “bird”)
  • Sogdo-Bactrian:
    • Bactrian: μιργο (mirgo /mirɣ/, “chicken”)
    • Khwarezmian: امغ‎ ((ʾ)mɣ- /əməɣ/)
    • Proto-Sogdic: *múrɣəh
      • Sogdian: (/ᵊm(əʳ)ɣí, məʳɣí/)

        Manichaean: 𐫖𐫡𐫄𐫏‎ (mrɣy)

        Sogdian: 𐼺𐽀𐼲𐼷‎ (mrɣy)

        Old Sogdian: 𐼍𐼘𐼄𐼊‎ (mrɣy), 𐼀𐼍𐼘𐼄𐼊‎ (ʾmrɣy)

      • Yagnobi: мӯрғ (mʉrɣ)
• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Ormuri:

    Kaniguram: مرغه‎ (mirgá)

    Logar: مرغه‎ (morgá)

  • Pashto:

    Pashto: مرغه‎ (murğë́, mërğë́), مارغه‎ m (mārğë́, “bird”)

    Waziri: مرغه‎ (marğe)

• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Baluchi: مرگ‎ (murg, “bird”)
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: مەل‎ (mel), مِریشک‎ (mirîşk, “hen”)

    Northern Kurdish: mir (as in mirîşk, mamir (“hen”) and mirawî (“duck”))

    Southern Kurdish: مر‎ (mir), مامر‎ (mamir, “hen”)

  • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
    • Caspian:
      • Gilaki: مرغ‎ (morǧ), مورغ‎ (murɣ), مرغانه‎ (morɣāna, “chicken egg”)
      • Old Mazanderani: مرغنه‎ (mərǧena, “egg (of hen)”)
        • Mazanderani: مرغنه‎ (mərǧena, “egg”), مخنه‎ (məxene), مرغانه‎ (mərǧāna, “chicken egg”)
          • → Iranian Persian: مرغانه‎ (morǧāna, “chicken egg”)
    • Old Median:
      • Kermanic: (“hen; bird”)
        • Kermani: morǧ
        • Zoroastrian Dari: morǧ
      • Talysh: (/merǧ/, “hen; bird”)

        Arabic: مرغ‎

        Latin: merğ

    • Parthian:

      Manichaean: 𐫖𐫇𐫡𐫃‎ (mwrg)

      • → Lurish:

        Northern Luri: مرغ‎ (morğ, “hen”)

        Bakhtiari: مرغ‎ (morğ, “hen”)

      • → Classical Persian: مرغ‎ (murǧ, “bird”)

        Dari: مرغ‎ (murğ, “hen; bird”)

        Iranian Persian: مرغ‎ (morğ, “hen; bird”)

        Tajik: мурғ (murġ, “hen”)

        • → Southern Kurdish: مرخ‎ (mirx, “hen”)
        • → Bashkardi: [script needed] (morg)
        • → Hindi: मुर्गी (murgī, “hen”)
        • → Hindi: मुर्ग़ा (murġā, “rooster”)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: (/murw/, “bird”)

    Manichaean: 𐫖𐫇𐫡𐫇‎ (mwrw)

    Book Pahlavi: 𐮼𐮵𐮹𐮵𐮵‎ (mwlw')

• → Old Armenian: սիրամարգ (siramarg, “peacock”), լորամարգ (loramarg, “quail-like bird”), մարգաց (margacʿ, “name of the 11th month”)

References

1. Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 95
2. Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989) Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum‎, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 212