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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kapáwtas

This Proto-Indo-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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

Likely borrowed from a Central Asiatic language.[1]

Adjective

*kapáwtas

  1. grey-blue

Noun

*kapáwtas m

  1. pigeon, dove

Declension
masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kapáwtas *kapáwtā *kapáwtā, -ās(as)
vocative *kapáwta *kapáwtā *kapáwtā, -ās(as)
accusative *kapáwtam *kapáwtā *kapáwtāns
instrumental *kapáwtā *kapáwtaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *kapáwtāyš
ablative *kapáwtāt *kapáwtaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *kapáwtaybʰyas
dative *kapáwtāy *kapáwtaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *kapáwtaybʰyas
genitive *kapáwtasya *kapáwtayās *kapáwtāna(H)m
locative *kapáwtay *kapáwtayaw *kapáwtayšu

Derived terms
  • *kapawtakás (“blue-grey”)
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kapawtakás
      • Sanskrit: कपोतक (kapotaká, “pigeon colored, lead-grey”)
        • Gandhari: 𐨐𐨬𐨆𐨡𐨒 (kavodaga)
    • Proto-Iranian: *kapawtakáh

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kapáwtas
    • Sanskrit: कपोत (kapóta, “pigeon, dove”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *kapáwtah (“blue; pigeon”)
    • Khotanese: 𑀓𑀯𑀽𑀢 (kavūta)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (kpʾwt /⁠kapōt⁠/, “blue, blue-grey”)
    • Baluchi: کپوت (kapōt, “pigeon”)
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: kevok (“pigeon”)
      Central Kurdish: کەوو (kewu), کەوگ (kewg, “blue”)
      Southern Kurdish: کەو (kew, “blue”)
      Laki: کاو (kaw, “blue”)
    • Zaza-Gurani:
      • Gurani: کەۋە (kaʋa), کەۋێ (kaʋɛ, “blue”)
      • Zazaki: kewe (“blue”)
    • Talysh: кафте (kafte)
    • Old Persian: *kapautah (“pigeon; blue-grey”)
      • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (kpwt' /⁠kabōt⁠/)
        • Persian: کبود (kabôd)
        • ⇒ Middle Persian: (/⁠kabōtar⁠/, “pigeon”)
          • Manichaean script: 𐫐𐫁𐫇𐫤𐫡 (kbwtr)
          • Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (kpwtl)
            • Persian: کبوتر (kabutar) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Old Armenian: կապոյտ (kapoyt)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kapóta-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
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