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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/Hušā́h

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 *Hušā́s.

Noun

*Hušā́h n

  1. dawn, morning light

Derived terms
  • *ā-Hušā́h
    • Sanglechi: [script needed] (āḷuzd, “tomorrow”)
    • Wakhi: yišīɣ (“early morning”)
    • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *upa-āHuš-n-iH
      • Baluchi: [script needed] (pōšī), [script needed] (pōnšī, “day after tomorrow”)
  • *Huša-taras
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ušatara, “eastern”)

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Old Avestan: 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬵 (ušah), 𐬎𐬱𐬃 (ušā̊, “morning light, dawn”, nom.sg.)
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬎𐬱𐬄𐬨 (ušąm), 𐬎𐬱𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬆𐬨 (ušåŋhəm, acc.sg.)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Sogdian: [script needed] ('wš)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Parthian: 𐫀𐫇𐫢𐫏𐫁𐫀𐫖 (ʾwšybʾm /⁠ōšebām⁠/)[1]
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Old Persian: [script needed] (*ušām)
      • Middle Persian:
        Manichaean: 𐫀𐫇𐫢𐫏𐫁𐫀𐫖 (ʾwšybʾm /⁠ōšebām⁠/)[1]
        Pahlavi: [script needed] (ʾwš /⁠ōš⁠/),[2] [script needed] (ʾwšbʾm /⁠ōšbām⁠/)[3]
        • Persian: هوشبام (hušbâm, “the Yazata of dawn in Zoroastrianism”)

References
  1. Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “ʾwšybʾm”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 71
  2. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62
  3. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 62
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