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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/ǰánHh

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰánHs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s. Doublet of *gnáHh.

Noun

*ǰánHh f[1]

  1. woman
  2. wife

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬘𐬇𐬥𐬌 (jə̄ni), 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌 (jaini), 𐬘𐬄𐬥𐬌 (jąni)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Scythian:
      • Ossetian: зӕнӕг (zænæg, “children, offspring”)
      • Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *janiška[2]
        • Proto-Saka: *jīnškā
          • Khotanese: [script needed] (jīśkā, “girl; lady”)
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Bactrian: ζινο (zino)
      • Proto-Sogdic: *yaenika[3]
        • Sogdian: (/⁠inč, ēnč⁠/, “woman”)
          Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫏𐫗𐫝 (ʾync), 𐫙𐫏𐫗𐫝 (ʿync)
          Sogdian script: [script needed] (ʾync), [script needed] (ʾynš)
          Syriac script: ܥܝܢܨ (ʾync), ܝܢܨܗ (ynch)
        • Yagnobi: инч (inč)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Pashto: نجلۍ (një́lë́y), جونۍ (junë́y), جنۍ (jnë́y, jinë́y), جلۍ (jilë́y)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: جن (jan)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: ژن (jin)
      Northern Kurdish: jin
      Southern Kurdish: ژن (jin)
      Laki: ژن (jin), ژەن (jen)
    • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
      • Caspian:
      • Parthian: (/⁠žan⁠/)
        Manichaean script: 𐫋𐫗 (jn)
        • → Old Armenian: ջնիկան (ǰnikan, “the royal court of women”)[4]
      • Proto-Tatic:
        • Talysh: [Term?] (/⁠žen⁠/)
          Arabic script: ژن
          Latin script: jen
        • Old Tati:
          Old Azari: زن (zan), ژن (žan)
      • Zaza-Gorani:
        • Gurani: ژەنی (žanī)
        • Zazaki: ceni (ǰanī), cıni (ǰinī)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠zan⁠/, “woman; wife”)
      Manichaean script: 𐫉𐫗 (zn)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (NYŠE), [Book Pahlavi needed] (zn')
      Psalter Pahlavi script: [Psalter Pahlavi needed] (NYŠE)
      • Lurish:
        Northern Luri: زؽناْ (zêna, “wife, woman”)
        Bakhtiari: زؽناْ (zêna)
        Southern Luri: زؽناْ (zêna)
      • Classical Persian: زن (zan, “woman; wife”)
        Dari: زن (zan)
        Iranian Persian: زن (zan)
        Tajik: зан (zan)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “jáni-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. Bailey, H. W. (1979) “jīśkā”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 110
  3. Gharib, B. (1995) “ʾync”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 153b
  4. Bailey, H. W. (1979) “jīśkā”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 110
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