Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/čášma

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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/čášma

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 *čáćšma.

Noun

*čášma n

1. eye

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬗𐬀𐬱𐬨𐬀𐬥‎ (cašman)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Old Ossetic: [Term?]
    • Ossetian: цасм (casm), цанс (cans, “loop; noose; snare”)
    • (perhaps) → Old Armenian: ցանց (cʿancʿ, “casting-net”)
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (pe'ma)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: چاو‎ (čāw)

    Northern Kurdish: çav (čāv)

    Southern Kurdish: چاو‎ (čāw), چەو‎ (čaw)

    Laki: چەم‎ (čam)

  • Zaza-Gurani:
    • Gurani: چەم‎ (čam)
    • Zazaki: çim (čim)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴 (c-š-ma-n /cašman-/)[1]
    • Middle Persian: AYNE (čašm), čšm (čašm)
      • Classical Persian: [Term?]
        • Iranian Persian: چشم‎ (čašm, češm)
        • Tajik: чашм (čašm)
        • → Assamese: চছমা (sosma)
        • → Gujarati: ચશ્મું (caśmũ), ચશ્માં (caśmā̃)
        • → Hindi: चश्मा (caśmā)

References

1. Prods Oktor Skjærvø (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎