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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/-ayHnah

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 *-a- (thematic vowel) +‎ *-iHnah, Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHnas, from Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos.

Suffix

*-ayHnah[1]

  1. Creates adjectives of materials.

Derived terms
Proto-Iranian terms suffixed with *-ayHnah

Descendants
  • Avestan: -𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (-aēna)
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (-ainä)[2]
  • Old Ossetic: *-in[3]
    • Ossetian:
      Digor Ossetian: -ин (-in)
      Iron Ossetian: -ын (-yn)
  • Parthian: -𐫃𐫏𐫗 (-gyn /⁠-agēn⁠/)[4][5] (+ -𐫃 (-g /⁠-ag⁠/) < Proto-Iranian *-akah)
  • Old Persian: -𐎠𐎡𐎴 (-a-i-n /⁠-aina⁠/)[6]
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠-ēn⁠/)[4]
      Manichaean script: -𐫏𐫗 (-yn)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (-yn')
      Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮈𐮌𐮈 (-yny)
      Pazend script: -𐬀𐬉𐬥 (-aēn)

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, page 292
  2. Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press
  3. Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 137
  4. Durkin-Meisteremst, Desmond (2014) Grammatik des Westmitteliranischen (Parthisch und Mittelpersisch) (Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historische) (in German), Viena: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, pages 159, 166-167
  5. Meyer, Robin (2017) Iranian-Armenian language contact in and before the 5th century CE. PhD thesis‎, University of Oxford, page 27
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