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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/an-

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *a-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

Prefix

*an-[1]

  1. Form of *a- (used before a vowel sound)

Descendants
  • Avestan: 𐬀𐬥 (an)
  • Northern Kurdish: ne-
  • Old Persian: 𐎠𐎴 (a-n /⁠an⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: ʾn (an-)
      Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫗 (ʾn)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾn)

References
  1. Windfuhr, Gernot (2010) The Iranian Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Oxon, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 168
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