Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ǰúǰakah

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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ǰúǰakah

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 *ǰáǰʰukas.[1]

Noun

*ǰúǰakah[1][2][3]

1. hedgehog

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Younger Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬲𐬀𐬐𐬀‎ (dužaka), 𐬛𐬎𐬲𐬎𐬐𐬀‎ (dužuka), 𐬯𐬍𐬲𐬀𐬐𐬀‎ (sīžaka)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Northwestern Iranian I:
    • Kurdish:

      Central Kurdish: ژیشک‎ (žīšik), ژووشک‎ (žūšik), جووشک‎ (ǰūšik)

      Northern Kurdish: jûjî (žūžī)

      Southern Kurdish: ججوو‎ (ǰiǰū), ژژوو‎ (žižū)

    • Zaza-Gorani:

      Gurani: ژووژوو‎ (žūžū)

      Zazaki: dije (diža)

  • Northwestern Iranian II:
    • Baluchi: [script needed] (daǰuk), [script needed] (daǰhuk), [script needed] (dažux), [script needed] (dužux)
    • Kermanic:

      Nayini: [script needed] (juju)

  • → Classical Persian: ژوژه‎ (žūža)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Bashkardi: [script needed] (daǰok), [script needed] (daǰuk)
  • Southern Luri: [script needed] (zozūk), [script needed] (zozūšk)
  • Middle Persian: [script needed] (zwzk' /zūzag/)

References

1. Voskanian, V., & Boyajian-Sureniants, V. (2007). Lexical Gleanings from Bašākard. Iran & the Caucasus, 121-125.
2. کراچی, روح انگیز, طاهری, & اسفندیار. (2015). بررسی ریشه‌شناختی واژه‌هایی از گویش فیروزآبادی-روح‌انگیز کراچی/اسفندیار طاهری. زبان پژوهی, 7(16), 81-99.‎
3. طاهری, & اسفندیار. (2012). ریشه‌شناسی چند واژه از لری بویراحمدی. ادب پژوهی, 6(20), 75-88

• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project)‎, Leiden University