𐎠𐎡𐎺

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Háywah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas.

Numeral

𐎠𐎡𐎺 (aivaʰ)

1. one

Article

𐎠𐎡𐎺 (aivaʰ)

1. a (indefinite article)

Usage notes

In Old Persian there are typically no articles, but 𐎠𐎡𐎺 (a-i-v) is occasionally used as one.

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Manichaean script: 𐫙𐫏𐫇 (ʿyw /⁠ēw⁠/)

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾy /⁠ē⁠/)

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭸 (HD)

  • Classical Persian: ـی (-ē)
    • Iranian Persian: ـی (-i), (dialectal) یو (yaw, yô, yu)
    • Tajik: -е (-ye)

References

• Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000), “*¹aiu̯a-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 135
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “ēw”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press