Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/máHtā

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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From earlier *máHtār, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

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mother

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭‎ (mātar)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Ossetian: мад (mad)
- Sogdo-Bacterian:
  - Bactrian: μαδο (mado)
  - Sogdic:
    - Sogdian: [Term?] (/māt/)
      Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (mʾt)
      Sogdian: [script needed] (mʾth)
      Syriac: [Syriac needed] (mʾt), [Syriac needed] (mʾth)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: مور‎ (mor), مېر‎ (mer)
- Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji:
  - Shughni-Yazgulami:
    - Shughni: [script needed] (mad)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: مات‎ (mát)
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: mak, marî
  Southern Kurdish: ماێەر‎ (māŷar) (Perhaps infulenced from Median or Old Azari)
- Medo-Parthian:
  - Caspian:
    - Gilaki: مر‎ (mar), مار‎ (mār)
    - Old Mazanderani: مار‎ (mār)
      - Mazanderani: مار‎ (mār)
    - Gorgani مار‎ (mār)
  - Old Median: [Term?]
    - Kermanic:
      - Zoroastrian Dari: مذر‎ (mozer), مار‎ (mār)
    - Tatic: [Term?]
      - Talysh:
        Arabic: ما‎ (mā), موئه‎ (mua)
        Latin: ma (mā), mua
      - Old Tati:
        Old Azari: مادر‎ (mādar)
        Eshtehardi: مار‎ (mār)
        Ramandi: مایه (māya)
  - Parthian: [Term?] (/māδ(ar)/)
    Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (mʾd), [Manichaean needed] (mʾdr)
  - Zaza-Gorani:
    - Gurani: ماما‎ (māmā, “ground mother”)
    - Zazaki: may (māy), mayer (māyar)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 (m-a-t-a /mātā/)
  - Middle Persian: [Term?] (/mād(ar)/)
    Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭬𐭠𐭲𐭥‎ (mʾtʿ)
    Manichaean: [Manichaean needed] (mʾd), [Manichaean needed] (mʾdr)
    - Persian: مادر‎ (mādar)
      - → Urdu: مادر‎ (mādar)
      - → Hindi: मादर (mādar)