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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/názdah

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 *názdas, from Proto-Indo-European *nésd-o-s, from *nesd- +‎ *-os. Cognate with Sanskrit नेदीयस् (nedīyas, “nearer”), Breton nes (“near”), Welsh nes (“nearer”), Oscan nessimas (“next”).

Adjective

*názdah (comparative *názdyah, superlative *názdištah)

  1. close, near

Descendants
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀 (nazda)
  • Northeastern Iranian
    • Bactrian: νοζδο (nozdo)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Sarikoli: [script needed] (nizd)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: nêz
    • Parthian:
      Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫉𐫅 (nzd /⁠nazd⁠/)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/nazd/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫉𐫅 (nzd)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nzd)
      • Classical Persian: نزد (nazd)
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