𐎢𐎫𐎠
Old Persian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)utá, from *(H)u, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂u. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬎𐬙𐬀 (uta), Parthian [script needed] ('wd), Sanskrit उत (utá).
Mayrhofer and others suggested a further connection with Ancient Greek αὖτε (aûte, “again”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-te.[1] This connection has been disputed by later scholars due to the difference in usage, but a direct PIE ancestor is still possible; Celtiberian [Term?] (uta) serves an identical function, and on this basis Klein reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *utá.[2]
Conjunction
𐎢𐎫𐎠 (u-t-a)[3]
- and
Descendants
- Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭣 (ʾwd /ud/), 𐭠𐭥 (ʾw /u/) 𐭥
- Classical Persian:
- Persian: و (o, va)
- Tajik: у (u), ва (va) (after a pause)
- Classical Persian:
See also
- -𐎨𐎠 (-c-a /-cā/)
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “utá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 212
- Klein, Jared S. (1992), “Some Indo-European Systems of Conjunction: Rigveda, Old Persian, Homer”, in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, volume 94, DOI:, pages 1–51
- de Vaan, Michiel; Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “Old Persian”, in Gzella, Holger, editor, Languages from the World of the Bible, Berlin; Boston: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 198